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Begoña Aránzazu Larzábal Fernández (born January 19, 1971 in Madrid) is a former field hockey midfielder from Spain, who represented her native country at two consecutive Olympic Games: in 1996 and 2000. At her last try she finished fourth with the Spanish national team, after a 2-0 loss in the bronze medal game against the Netherlands.

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This is a list of diplomatic missions in Cape Verde. At present, the capital city of Praia hosts 14 embassies.

Relatively light; Batavi army survives to later serve Romans again

Amarilis Savón Carmenate (born May 13, 1974) is a Cuban judoka who has competed at four Olympic Games won three Olympic bronze medals at 1992 in Barcelona, 1996 in Atlanta and 2004 in Athens. Currently living in Miami, Florida, in the United States serving as a lead instructor and coach at . She coached three athletes at the who earned one gold and one silver medal.

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Nursultan Ábishuly Nazarbayev (Kazakh: Нұрсұлтан Әбишұлы Назарбаев, Nursultan Ábişuly Nazarbaev), Kazakh pronunciation: [nʊrsʊlˈtɑn æbəɕʊˈlə nɑzɑɾˈbɑjɪf];. (born 6 July 1940) is a Kazakh politician currently serving as the Chairman of the Security Council of Kazakhstan who previously served as the first President of Kazakhstan, in office from 24 April 1990 until his formal resignation on 19 March 2019. He is one of the longest-ruling non-royal leaders in the world, having ruled Kazakhstan for nearly three decades. He was named First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR in 1989 and was elected as the nation's first president following its independence from the Soviet Union. He holds the title "Leader of the Nation". In April 2015, Nazarbayev was re-elected with almost 98% of the vote, as he ran virtually unopposed. Nazarbayev has been by several human rights organisations and suppressed dissent and presided over an authoritarian regime. According to independent observers, from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, no election held in Kazakhstan since independence has been free and fair by international standards. In 2010, he announced reforms to encourage a multi-party system. In January 2017, Nazarbayev proposed constitutional reforms that would delegate powers to the Parliament of Kazakhstan. In March 2019, he unexpectedly resigned from presidency due to public pressure. However he still maintains the title as "Elbasy" (meaning "Leader of the Nation") where he is immune from any criminal prosecution and currently serves as the chairman of the Security Council, ruling party Nur Otan, and Assembly of People of Kazakhstan. Nazarbayev is also a member of the Constitutional Council, and an honorary member of the Senate of Kazakhstan.

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This is the list of programs broadcast by Kapamilya Channel, a Philippine pay television network owned and operated by ABS-CBN Corporation, a company under the Lopez Group. The network serves as the replacement of ABS-CBN's main terrestrial network after ceasing its free-to-air broadcast operations as ordered by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on May 5, 2020 and was rejected by the House Committee on July 10, 2020 for a franchise renewal. It carries most of programs that ABS-CBN aired prior to the shutdown.

Chennaiyin F.C. is an Indian professional football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier division of Indian football. The club was founded in August 2014 during the inaugural season of the Indian Super League. The franchise is owned by Vita Dani, Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan and former Indian cricketer MS Dhoni. The team's name Chennaiyin FC means Chennai's football club in Tamil where the 'yin' suffix is similar to a possessive 's' in English. The team's logo is the Dhrishti Bommai, a representation of chasing away negativity and preserving positivity in the Tamil culture.

The Revolt of the Batavi took place in the Roman province of Germania Inferior between AD 69 and 70. It was an uprising against the Roman Empire started by the Batavi, a small but militarily powerful Germanic tribe that inhabited Batavia, on the delta of the river Rhine. They were soon joined by the Celtic tribes from Gallia Belgica and some Germanic tribes.

Kwon Kyung-won (Korean: 권경원; Hanja:權敬原; born 31 January 1992) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a left-footed centre-back or midfielder for Sangju Sangmu in the K League 1.

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Ducks Deluxe are an English pub rock band of the 1970s, who continue to tour and record new material. Usually called "The Ducks" by their fans, they were known for up-tempo, energetic performances, and the successful careers of their members, after they disbanded.

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Pod People (also known as Body Snatchers) is the colloquial term for a species of plantlike aliens featured in the 1955 novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney, the 1956 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the 1978 remake of the same name and the 1993 film Body Snatchers. They are not to be confused with the 2007 film Invasion of the Pod People, though they share similar themes.

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Kerala Blasters Football Club ( ()) is an Indian professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala, that competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier of Indian football. The club was established on 24 May 2014 and began its first professional season in October the same year. Since its inception, the club has worn a yellow home kit. It is one of the most widely supported clubs in Asia. The club plays home games at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi. Each season since the club's founding, Kerala Blasters have held the record for the highest league attendance, regularly attracting audiences of over 40,000 per game. The Blasters played their inaugural match on 13 October 2014, losing 1–0 to NorthEast United. They reached the 2014 Indian Super League Final, where they lost 1–0 to ATK after an injury time goal from Mohammed Rafique. They did not qualify for the final the next season but did so in 2016, when they were again defeated 4–3 by ATK, this time through penalties.

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Juan José Linz Storch de Gracia (24 December 1926 – 1 October 2013) was a Spanish sociologist and political scientist. He was Sterling Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Political Science at Yale University and an honorary member of the Scientific Council at the Juan March Institute. He is best known for his theories on totalitarian and authoritarian systems of government.

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Naomasa Yokawa (陽川 尚将, Yōkawa Naomasa, born July 17, 1991 in Osaka) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Federico Döring Casar (born 13 September 1971) is a Mexican politician from Mexico City affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). He currently serves as a deputy representing the 15th electoral district of Mexico City in the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress.

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Nick McKenzie is an Australian investigative journalist who has won nine Walkley Awards. He works for Melbourne's The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian Financial Review and has reported for Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Four Corners and Nine’s 60 Minutes. McKenzie is known for his work exposing corruption in politics, business and sport and reporting on foreign affairs and in 2017 was named Australian Journalist of the Year.

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Several places claim to be the largest village in England. This title is disputed as there is no standard definition of a village as distinct from a town and 'largest' can refer to population or area. A typical contender is Lancing in West Sussex with a population of around 19,000. Whilst Lancing might be described as a town in everyday use, it has not formally taken on this status and, in this case with three tiers of local government, it has a parish council rather than a town council. Also, it has a village hall instead of a town hall. All claimants must avoid having had a town charter or licence to hold a market from the Crown. Many other villages are in a similar position. Some of the claimants below, such as Cottingham, Lancing and Rawmarsh, are part of larger urban areas and it can

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Kerala Blasters Football Club ( ()) is an Indian professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala, that competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier of Indian football. The club was established on 24 May 2014 and began its first professional season in October the same year.

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Lionheart is a 2018 Nigerian drama film produced by Chinny Onwugbenu and directed by Genevieve Nnaji. It stars Pete Edochie, Genevieve Nnaji, and Nkem Owoh. It was acquired by Netflix on 7 September 2018, making it the first Netflix original film produced in Nigeria. Lionheart premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival in Canada. The movie was Nnaji's directorial debut as well as Peter Okoye's and Chibuzor Azubuike's (also known as Phyno) acting debut. The film was released worldwide on 4 January 2019 on Netflix. Lionheart was selected as the Nigerian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. It was the first time that Nigeria had submitted a film to the Oscars. On 4 November 2019, the Academy disqualified the film as the majority of the dialogue is in English and only about ten minutes of the film is in Igbo.

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The Revolt of the Batavi took place in the Roman province of Germania Inferior between AD 69 and 70. It was an uprising against the Roman Empire started by the Batavi, a small but militarily powerful Germanic tribe that inhabited Batavia, on the delta of the river Rhine. They were soon joined by the Celtic tribes from Gallia Belgica and some Germanic tribes. Under the leadership of their hereditary prince Gaius Julius Civilis, an auxiliary officer in the Imperial Roman army, the Batavi and their allies managed to inflict a series of humiliating defeats on the Roman army, including the destruction of two legions. After these initial successes, a massive Roman army led by the Roman general Quintus Petillius Cerialis eventually defeated the rebels. Following peace talks, the Batavi submitted again to Roman rule, but were forced to accept humiliating terms and a legion stationed permanently on their territory, at Noviomagus (modern day Nijmegen, The Netherlands).

The Moldavian Plateau (Romanian: Podișul Moldovei) or Pokutian-Bessarabian Upland is a geographic area of the historical region of Moldavia, spanning nowadays northeast Romania, most of Moldova (except the south), and most of the Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine.

Emilio Esteban-Infantes Martín (May 18, 1892 – September 6, 1962) was a Spanish officer who served during the Spanish Civil War, and later in World War II as commander of the Blue Division (Spanish: División Azul, German: Blaue Division), or the 250th Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Cheers is an American sitcom television series that ran on NBC from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993, with a total of 275 half-hour episodes across eleven seasons. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows Productions in association with Paramount Network Television, and was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen and Les Charles. The show is set in a bar named Cheers Beacon Hill in Boston, Massachusetts, where a group of locals meet to drink, relax, and socialize. The show's main theme song, co-written and performed by Gary Portnoy, lent its refrain "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" as the show's catchphrase. After premiering on September 30, 1982, it was nearly canceled during its first season when it ranked almost last in ratings for its premiere (74th out of 77 shows). However, Cheers eventually became a Nielsen ratings television show in the United States, earning a top-ten rating during eight of its eleven seasons, including one season at number one. The show spent most of its run on NBC's Thursday night "Must See TV" lineup. Its widely watched series finale was broadcast on May 20, 1993, and the show's 275 episodes have been successfully syndicated worldwide. Nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series for all eleven of its seasons on the air, it earned 28 Primetime Emmy Awards from a record of 117 nominations. The character Frasier Crane was featured in his eponymous spin-off show after Cheers ended and also included guest appearances by virtually all of the major and minor Cheers characters. During its run, Cheers became one of the most popular series in history and received critical acclaim from its start to its end. In 1997, the episodes "Thanksgiving Orphans" and "Home Is the Sailor", aired originally in 1987, were respectively ranked No. 7 and No. 45 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. Its series finale was watched by an estimated 93 million viewers, almost 40% of the US population at the time In 2002, Cheers was ranked No. 18 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. In 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked it as the eighth-best-written TV series and TV Guide ranked it No. 11 on their list of the 60 greatest shows.

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Alfonso Reyes Cabanas (born September 19, 1971) is a retired Spanish professional basketball player. Reyes finished his club playing career with the Spanish club Leche Río Breogán.

In geometry, a curve of constant width is a simple closed curve in the plane whose width (the distance between parallel supporting lines) is the same in all directions, regardless of the slope of the lines. The shape bounded by a curve of constant width is a body of constant width, sometimes called an orbiform, a name given to them by Leonhard Euler. Standard examples are the circle and the Reuleaux triangle. These curves can also be constructed using circular arcs centered at crossings of an arrangement of lines, as the involutes of certain curves, or by intersecting circles centered on a partial curve.

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The Country Fire Authority (CFA) is the main firefighting service in Outer Metropolitan Melbourne and the rest of the state of Victoria. The CFA is one of the largest firefighting services in the World. This page is a listing of all of the brigades within the CFA. The state is split up into Regions, Districts then Groups with each division having less brigades in each, however in Metropolitan Melbourne the district is the same as the region. IE: District 13 = Eastern Metropolitan Region and District 13 is the only district within the Region. Same goes for Districts 8 and 14. There are Five "Regions", Twenty "Districts" and many Groups throughout the state. The Regions are:
* North East - Includes Districts 12, 13, 22, 23 & 24
* North West - Includes Districts 2, 14, 18 & 20
* South East - Includes Districts 8, 9, 10, 11 & 27
* South West - Includes Districts 4, 5, 6 & 7
* West - Includes District 15, 16 & 17 1 OR UFB – Indicates an Urban brigade2 OR RFB – Indicates a Rural Brigade3 OR F/B – Indicates a Fire Brigade4 OR FIB – Indicates a Forestry Industry Brigade 5 OR CGB – Indicates a Coast Guard Brigade(Integrated) – Indicates a Station with Staff & Volunteers (incomplete list) Some brigades have duplicate listings as both Urban and Rural brigades. This is technically correct, although the two 'brigades' share the same facilities. The more recent brigades have not been designated as either Urban or Rural, they are simply referred to as Fire brigades. The Districts and Groups are:

In geometry, a curve of constant width is a simple closed curve in the plane whose width (the distance between parallel supporting lines) is the same in all directions, regardless of the slope of the lines. The shape bounded by a curve of constant width is a body of constant width, sometimes called an orbiform, a name given to them by Leonhard Euler. Standard examples are the circle and the Reuleaux triangle. These curves can also be constructed using circular arcs centered at crossings of an arrangement of lines, as the involutes of certain curves, or by intersecting circles centered on a partial curve. Every curve of constant width must be the boundary of a convex set, and by Barbier's theorem its perimeter must be exactly π times its width. The minimum area for a given width is obtained by the Reuleaux triangle and the maximum is obtained by the circle. Every line that crosses a curve of constant width perpendicularly does so twice, at points separated by the width. Every superset of a body of constant width has strictly greater diameter. Every curve of constant width has at least six points of extreme curvature, and can be approximated arbitrarily closely by a smooth curve of the same constant width. Cylinders with constant-width cross-section can be used as rollers to support a level surface. Curves of constant width based on regular polygons have also been used for coinage shapes. The existence of non-circular curves of constant width complicates the problem of checking the roundness of an object. These curves have been generalized in several ways to higher dimensions and to non-Euclidean geometry.

In metaphysics and philosophy of language, the correspondence theory of truth states that the truth or falsity of a statement is determined only by how it relates to the world and whether it accurately describes (i.e., corresponds with) that world. Correspondence theories claim that true beliefs and true statements correspond to the actual state of affairs. This type of theory attempts to posit a relationship between thoughts or statements on one hand, and things or facts on the other.

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The Liao dynasty (; Khitan: Mos Jælud; traditional Chinese: 遼朝; simplified Chinese: 辽朝; pinyin: Liáo cháo), also known as the Liao Empire, officially the Great Liao (大遼; 大辽; Dà Liáo), or the Khitan (Qidan) State (Khitan: Mos diau-d kitai huldʒi gur), was an empire and imperial dynasty in East Asia that ruled from 916 to 1125 over present-day Northern and Northeast China, Mongolia and portions of the Russian Far East and North Korea. The empire was founded by Yelü Abaoji (Emperor Taizu of Liao), Khagan of the Khitans around the time of the collapse of the Tang dynasty, and was the first state to control all of Manchuria. Being ruled by the Khitan Yelü clan, the Liao dynasty is considered by historians to be a conquest dynasty of China.

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Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano (25 December 1974 – 7 October 2012), commonly referred to by his aliases Z-3 and El Lazca, was a Mexican drug lord and the leader of Los Zetas drug cartel. He was one of the most-wanted Mexican drug lords. Lazcano died in a shootout with the Mexican Navy on 7 October 2012. After his death, his body was taken from the funeral home by an armed gang.

The New Zealand Open is the premier men's golf tournament in New Zealand. Since 2014 it has been held as a pro-am in February or March. The 2020 champion was Brad Kennedy who finished two ahead of Lucas Herbert. The 2020 tournament was the 101st edition of the event. Prize money for the 2020 event is NZ$1.4 million with an additional NZ$50,000 for the pro-am. The winner receives NZ$252,000.

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Chennaiyin F.C. is an Indian professional football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier division of Indian football. The club was founded in August 2014 during the inaugural season of the Indian Super League.

First Love (Japanese: 初恋, Hepburn: Hatsukoi) is a 2019 crime thriller film directed by Takashi Miike. It tells the story of a boxer and a call girl who become unwittingly involved in a drug-smuggling scheme. The film premiered on 17 May 2019 in Directors' Fortnight, before being released in theaters in the United Kingdom and Japan in February 2020.

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The Country Fire Authority (CFA) is the main firefighting service in Outer Metropolitan Melbourne and the rest of the state of Victoria. The CFA is one of the largest firefighting services in the World. This page is a listing of all of the brigades within the CFA. The state is split up into Regions, Districts then Groups with each division having less brigades in each, however in Metropolitan Melbourne the district is the same as the region. IE: District 13 = Eastern Metropolitan Region and District 13 is the only district within the Region. Same goes for Districts 8 and 14. The Regions are:

* One Batavialaand eightcohorts; 5,000+ Batavi (mostly cavalry)

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Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano (25 December 1974 – 7 October 2012), commonly referred to by his aliases Z-3 and El Lazca, was a Mexican drug lord and the leader of Los Zetas drug cartel. He was one of the most-wanted Mexican drug lords. Lazcano joined the Mexican Army at the age of 17 and later ascended to the Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales (GAFE), the Mexican Army special forces. During his tenure in the Mexican Army, Lazcano reportedly received military training from the Israeli Defense Forces and the United States Army, but eventually deserted in 1998, after eight years of service. Upon his desertion, he was recruited by the drug lord Osiel Cárdenas Guillén and Arturo Guzmán Decena with around 30 other soldiers to work as the enforcers of the Gulf Cartel, forming the paramilitary group known as Los Zetas. His torture methods earned him the nickname "El Verdugo" ('The Executioner'), particularly for killing his victims by feeding them to lions and tigers he kept in a ranch. Lazcano died in a shootout with the Mexican Navy on 7 October 2012. After his death, his body was taken from the funeral home by an armed gang.

Lionheart is a 2018 Nigerian drama film produced by Chinny Onwugbenu and directed by Genevieve Nnaji. It stars Pete Edochie, Genevieve Nnaji, and Nkem Owoh. It was acquired by Netflix on 7 September 2018, making it the first Netflix original film produced in Nigeria. Lionheart premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival in Canada. The movie was Nnaji's directorial debut as well as Peter Okoye's and Chibuzor Azubuike's (also known as Phyno) acting debut. The film was released worldwide on 4 January 2019 on Netflix.

Zeeshan Baba Siddique (born 3 October 1992) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress. Siddique is a first term member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing the Vandre East seat in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He garnered 38,337 votes defeating Shiv Sena's Vishwanath Mahadeshwar the then mayor of Mumbai by 5790 votes.

Cheers is an American sitcom television series that ran on NBC from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993, with a total of 275 half-hour episodes across eleven seasons. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows Productions in association with Paramount Network Television, and was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen and Les Charles. The show is set in a bar named Cheers Beacon Hill in Boston, Massachusetts, where a group of locals meet to drink, relax, and socialize. The show's main theme song, co-written and performed by Gary Portnoy, lent its refrain "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" as the show's catchphrase.

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Nursultan Ábishuly Nazarbayev (Kazakh: Нұрсұлтан Әбишұлы Назарбаев, Nursultan Ábişuly Nazarbaev), Kazakh pronunciation: [nʊrsʊlˈtɑn æbəɕʊˈlə nɑzɑɾˈbɑjɪf];. (born 6 July 1940) is a Kazakh politician currently serving as the Chairman of the Security Council of Kazakhstan who previously served as the first President of Kazakhstan, in office from 24 April 1990 until his formal resignation on 19 March 2019. He is one of the longest-ruling non-royal leaders in the world, having ruled Kazakhstan for nearly three decades. He was named First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR in 1989 and was elected as the nation's first president following its independence from the Soviet Union. He holds the title "Leader of the Nation". In April 2015, Nazarbayev was re-elected with almost 98% of

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The 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict, also known as the Kirkuk Crisis, was a conflict in which the Iraqi government retook disputed territories in Iraq which had been held by the Peshmerga since 2014. The conflict began on 15 October 2017 after tensions arising from the Kurdistan Region independence referendum held on 25 September. The tension between the Iraqi government and the KRG escalated into all out conflict when the Peshmerga ignored repeated warnings to return Kirkuk to Iraqi forces. Part of the conflict was the Battle of Kirkuk, when Iraqi forces regained control of the city.

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The Liao dynasty (; Khitan: Mos Jælud; traditional Chinese: 遼朝; simplified Chinese: 辽朝; pinyin: Liáo cháo), also known as the Liao Empire, officially the Great Liao (大遼; 大辽; Dà Liáo), or the Khitan (Qidan) State (Khitan: Mos diau-d kitai huldʒi gur), was an empire and imperial dynasty in East Asia that ruled from 916 to 1125 over present-day Northern and Northeast China, Mongolia and portions of the Russian Far East and North Korea. The empire was founded by Yelü Abaoji (Emperor Taizu of Liao), Khagan of the Khitans around the time of the collapse of the Tang dynasty, and was the first state to control all of Manchuria. Being ruled by the Khitan Yelü clan, the Liao dynasty is considered by historians to be a conquest dynasty of China. Almost immediately after its founding, the Liao dynasty began a process of territorial expansion, with Abaoji leading a successful conquest of Balhae. Later emperors would gain the Sixteen Prefectures by fueling a proxy war that led to the collapse of the Later Tang (923–936) and would establish tributary relationships with Goryeo after losing the Goryeo–Khitan Wars. In 1004, the Liao dynasty launched an imperial expedition against the Northern Song dynasty. After heavy fighting and large casualties between the two empires, both sides worked out the Chanyuan Treaty. Through the treaty, the Liao dynasty forced the Northern Song to recognize them as peers and heralded an era of peace and stability between the two powers that lasted approximately 120 years. Tension between traditional Khitan social and political practices and Chinese influence and customs was a defining feature of the dynasty. This tension led to a series of succession crises; Liao emperors favored the Chinese concept of primogeniture, while much of the rest of the Khitan elite supported the traditional method of succession by the strongest candidate. So different were Khitan and Chinese practices that Abaoji set up two parallel governments. The Northern Administration governed Khitan areas following traditional Khitan practices, while the Southern Administration governed areas with large non-Khitan populations, adopting traditional Chinese governmental practices. Differences between Chinese and Khitan society included gender roles and marital practices: the Khitans took a more egalitarian view towards gender, in sharp contrast to Chinese cultural practices that segregated men's and women's roles. Khitan women were taught to hunt, managed family property, and held military posts. Many marriages were not arranged, women were not required to be virgins at their first marriage, and women had the right to divorce and remarry. The Liao dynasty was destroyed by the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty in 1125 with the capture of Emperor Tianzuo of Liao. However, the remnant Khitans, led by Yelü Dashi (Emperor Dezong of Liao), established the Western Liao dynasty (Qara Khitai), which ruled over parts of Central Asia for almost a century before being conquered by the Mongols. Although cultural achievements associated with the Liao dynasty are considerable, and a number of various statuary and other artifacts exist in museums and other collections, major questions remain over the exact nature and extent of the influence of the Liao Khitan culture upon subsequent developments, such as the musical and theatrical arts.

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