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Situation in the Former Balhae Lands

Type Event Region Northeast Asia Time 1007

Around 1007 CE, over eighty years after Balhae's fall (698–926), its former lands were chiefly controlled by Liao (Khitan), which administered the ol…

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  1. 1007Liaoyang Prefecture, Eastern Capital of Liao · LiaoningAfter destroying Balhae, Liao established the Eastern Capital Circuit with Liaoyang as its seat, incorporating former Balhae territory into its administrative system. Liao relocated Balhae remnants, settled Khitans and Han households, and ruled the different ethnic groups separately.
  2. 1007From Changbai Mountains to the Heilongjiang River basin · Northeast AsiaThe Jurchen tribes diverged and developed under Liao's loose control, while some descendants of Balhae nobles still lived in the former lands. Some remnants fled south to Goryeo, and nominal polities such as the State of Ding'an persisted under Liao suzerainty, making the geopolitics complex.

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