Gilded Splendor: A NOMADIC TRIBE CREATES A DYNASTY From: Humanities | Date: July 1, 2006| Author: Saccoccia, Susan | Copyright Superintendent of Documents Jul/Aug 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

GENGHIS KHAN AND HIS GRANDSON Kublai Khan were not the first northern invaders to penetrate the Great Wall of China and forge an empire. In the twelfth century, a people called the Liao controlled steppe, oasis, and sea routes of the Silk Road and conducted cultural and economic exchange with states far and near.

The Asia Society in New York City has created the first exhibition in the United States to present the achievements of the Liao, "Gilded Splendor: Treasures of China's Liao Em...