Editing Timeline of Mongolian history (section)

== 10th century AD ==
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|907 || || Ambagyan founds the Khitan Liao dynasty which covered a significant portion of what is now Mongolia including the basins of the three rivers Kherlen, Tuul and Orkhon.
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|925 || ||The Khitan ruled eastern Mongolia, most of Manchuria, and much of China north of the Yellow River.
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|944 || ||  Emperor Taizong launches an invasion of the Jin.
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|947 || || Khitan chieftains had established themselves as emperors of northern China. The Khitan state is renamed the Liao dynasty
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| [[951]] || 7 October || [[Emperor Shizong of Liao]] is murdered by a relative and is succeeded by Yelü Jing, son of [[Emperor Taizong of Liao]], who becomes [[Emperor Muzong of Liao]]{{sfn|Twitchett|1994|p=81}}
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| [[960]] || February || Zhao Kuangyin declares himself [[Emperor Taizu of Song]], replacing [[Later Zhou]]{{sfn|Xiong|2009|p=cxviii}}
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| [[964]] || || [[Liao dynasty]] assists [[Northern Han]] in repelling [[Song dynasty]]{{sfn|Twitchett|1994|p=84}}
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| [[969]] || 12 March || [[Emperor Muzong of Liao]] is murdered by his attendants and is succeeded by Yelü Xian, son of [[Emperor Shizong of Liao]], who becomes [[Emperor Jingzong of Liao]]{{sfn|Twitchett|1994|p=84}}
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| [[979]] || || [[Liao dynasty]] attempts to assist [[Northern Han]] in repelling [[Song dynasty]] but is defeated at the ''[[Battle of Gaoliang River]]''
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|[[980]]|| 13 October || [[Emperor Jingzong of Liao]] dies and his son Yelü Longxu succeeds him as [[Emperor Shengzong of Liao]]; [[Empress Xiao Yanyan]] becomes regent{{sfn|Twitchett|1994|p=87}}
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| [[983]] || || The [[Liao dynasty]] reverts to calling itself the [[Khitan people|Khitans]]{{sfn|Xiong|2009|p=311}} 
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| [[993]] || || ''[[First conflict in the Goryeo–Khitan War]]'': [[Khitan people|Khitans]] invade [[Goryeo]] and acquire nominal tributary status over Goryeo{{sfn|Twitchett|1994|p=103}}
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