Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: 1211 births, 1211 by country, 1211 deaths, 1211 disestablishments, 1211 establishments, 1211 in Europe, Conflicts in 1211, Alexios III Angelos, History of the Khitans, William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber, Mieszko IV Tanglefoot, Svyatoslav III Igorevich, Henry of Germany, Roman II Igorevich, Tr n Li u, Roger de Lacy, Stourbridge fair, Battle of Antioch on the Meander, Agnes of Bohemia, Frederick II, Duke of Austria, Prijezda I, Ban of Bosnia, Tsangpa Gyare, Adelheid of Meissen, Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera, Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark, List of state leaders in 1211, Casimir I of Kuyavia, Shizuka Gozen, Ibn Khallikan, John of Arsuf, Battle of Viljandi, Riga State Gymnasium No.1, Alpais of Cudot, Jocelyn de Brakelond, Margaret of Bourbon, Samson of Tottington, Eudokia Angelina, Aram Shah, Battle of Turaida, White Brotherhood, William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale, Kaykhusraw I, Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar, Salomea of Poland, Henry, Earl of Atholl, Pietro Gallocia, Black Brotherhood, Pall Jonsson, Emperor Xiangzong of Western Xia, 1211 in poetry, 1211 in Ireland. Excerpt: The history of the Khitans dates back to the 4th century AD. The Khitan people dominated much of Mongolia and modern Manchuria (Northeast China) by the 10th century, under the Liao Dynasty, and eventually collapsed by 1125 (or 1211). Originally from Xianbei origins they were part of the Kumo Xi tribe until 388 when the Kumo Xi-Khitan tribal grouping was defeated by the newly established Northern Wei. This allowed the Khitan to resume their own tribe and entity which led to the beginning of Khitan written history. From the 5th to the 8th centuries the Khitan were dominated by the steppe powers to their West the Turks and then the Uyghurs. The Chinese also came from the south (Northern dynasties or Tang). In some cases they were under Ko...