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Excavations at these people’s tomb in Tuerji Mountain uncovered the remains of a priestess wearing a golden headdress and bells on her ankles. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name these people, whose leader Yelu Deguang established the Liao dynasty after capturing Kaifeng. In the 600s, these people formed the Dahe Confederacy to resist Tang rule.

ANSWER: Khitans [or Qidan]

[10h] The Liao dynasty’s rule was legitimized by this 1005 treaty, in which the Song dynasty agreed to pay a tribute of silk and silver in exchange for peace. This treaty’s terms were broken in 1127 when the Song dynasty and Jurchens jointly invaded Khitan territory.

ANSWER: Treaty of Chanyuan [or Treaty of Shanyuan; or Chanyuan Covenant]

[10e] Many Khitans served in the army of this Sogdian general, who led a rebellion against the Tang dynasty in 755.

ANSWER: An Lushan

<Parameswaran, World History>

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Jeffrey and Dahmers	Jason Lovers	10	0	0	10
Clark A	Jason Lovers	0	0	10	10
Clark B	Jeffrey and Dahmers	10	0	10	20
Labour's Lost Lovers	Triple Round Robin Lovers	0	0	10	10
A VK a Day Keeps the Doctor Away	Eugene o'Negging	10	10	10	30
Heat-Oppressed Brains	You, Me and the Big G	10	10	10	30
Noli Me Tangerine	>:3	10	0	10	20
2 days into college and I'm 3 lectures behind	Chicago B	0	0	10	10
Chicago A Minus Minus	Charlotte Mewing to get that chiseled farmer’s bride jawline	10	0	10	20
malcolm in the middlemarch (Purdue 1)	Michigan	0	0	10	10
BHSU	Nobodaddy but you	10	0	10	20
Oh the Missouri	purdoobie brothers	10	0	10	20
JJaryland	JinAh and Jordan from Wikiquiz	10	0	10	20
Let's Fighting Love	Naocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew Hesse	10	0	10	20
boy's jitches (ft. DMA)	NJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess)	10	0	10	20
Sandmännchen im Helikopter	Parden the Interruption	0	0	10	10
1.g4 Test Mixture	The Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola	10	0	10	20
bruh	protobowling for soup	10	0	10	20
mnemonists	chamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia	10	0	10	20
UNC A	UNC Hunny	10	0	10	20
UNC B	Duke	0	0	10	10
Cleo: 5, 7 movie	Free-ish Agents	10	0	10	20
Riley et al.	The Present King of James is Bald	10	0	10	20
World's Fair Wiggle Walk	Houston Junior College	10	10	10	30
Free Agents	Berkeley B	10	0	10	20
Stanford	Berkeley A	10	0	10	20