Over the course of a couple hundred years, Imperial China would begin to shift from dynasty to dynasty. They were successful, yet short lived from the north as well as multiple rulers that reigned in the south after the Tang Empire from 618 to 907 A.D. These kingdoms were famously known as the Five Dynasties and Ten kingdoms. Now beginning in 960 A.D China finally begins its united by the rule of the Song dynasty. However some areas were controlled by more independent societies which were Khitans, the prodecessors of the Mongols from Manchuriad. They established the Liao dynasty from 907 to 1125 A.D in the northeast. In the late days of Imperial China arose the most culturally brilliant era: the Song dynasty. During this time began huge social
