中英雙語話史記 第106期:遼國外交

Liao Dynasty

遼朝

Foreign Contact

對外聯繫

From the time of the empire's creation all the way to its decline, the Liao Dynasty was recognized by Korea.

從帝國建立起到其滅亡時，遼朝都得到了韓國的認可。

The Khitan were also in contact with Japan and the Abassid empire,

契丹與日本和阿巴斯帝國也有所聯繫，

and the court of Baghdad once asked for a Khitan princess for marriage.

巴格達還曾向契丹公主求親。

These relations established the Khitans all across the steppes, before the Mongol expansion.

這些聯繫在蒙古擴張前使契丹建立了對整個草原的統治。

Commercial activity allowed the Khitans to make their name known beyond the Pamirs and in Europe.

經濟活動讓契丹聞名於帕米爾和歐洲。