Jin Dynasty (Jurchen)

A state founded by the Jurchen of Manchuria that destroyed the Liao, took north China from the Song in 1127 and ruled it for a century before being destroyed in turn by the Mongols. Recorded here as a separate polity rather than a Chinese regime because it was a conquest state ruling from outside, on the same footing as the Mongol Empire.

• Existed: 1115 CE – 1234 CE
• Type: Country
• Government: conquest dynasty
• Capital: Zhongdu