Ethnicity and Identity under Mongol rule: The Kitans in Yuan China

What is it about?

The study illustrates the fate of the Kitans of China under Mongol rule as a case study to the transformation of identity and ethnicity of the steppe people under nomadic rule. It argues that Mongol policies were the main reason for the fading of the Kitan ethnic identity that existed for nearly a milenium.

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Why is it important?

Discussing issues of ethnicity and identity among the Mongols nomadic subjects, as well as nomadic assimilation among the Chinese; comparing developments in Eastern and Western Asia; highlighting the role of Mongol rule in refashioning the ethnic configuration of the Steppe people; following the last stages of the Kitan people.