Akuta
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Akuta
Born 1068; died 1123. Founder and first emperor (1115–23) of the Chin dynasty in China.
In 1113, Akuta became the leader of the Jurchen family of Wan-Nien, who had to pay tribute to the Khitans. In 1114 he led the Jurchen tribes against the Khitans and occupied most of their forts in Manchuria. He proclaimed himself emperor in 1115 and gave his dynasty the name of Chin (the Golden). In 1116 he captured all of Manchuria, and by 1123 he controlled the territory of the Khitan empire of Lian in northern China.
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