Southwest Asia Time Line

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Before 750 AD

I just wanted to lay out my notes in an easier format so I decided to try a time lime. What you see is not a finished product but rather a framework to build upon. While it may touch on many areas I am focusing on Persia, Turkey, India, and Turan.

Southwest Asia Time Line 750 to 1167

Southwest Asia Time Line 1500 to Now

Late third century B.C.

The Chinese drove the Hsiung-nu across the Yellow river and through the Gobi desert.

204_B.C- 216 A.D,

"The "GREAT HUN EMPIRE" - 204 B.C - 216 A.D, Founder - Mete (Bagatir), Area - At the north, Siberia; soshmir; east, Pacific Ocean; west, Caspian Sea; (Total Area - 18,000,000 Km 2)" The 16 Great Turkish Empires

200 BC

Xiong-nu a Central Asian uth, Tibet - Katribal confederation seizes contol in Central Asia since about 200 BC. Dickens, Soviets in Xinjiang
Early 2nd century B.C. the Yüeh-chih move out of the Tarim Basin into Greek Bactria

70 BC - 44 BC

Yüeh-chih drove the Hsiung-nu from the Oxus valley between 70 BC - 44 BC

Mid 1st century

The Eastern Han Dynasty A.D. 25-220 conquered all the way to the Caspian Sea and defeated the Yüeh-chih. 1st century

Late 1st century

Late 1st century The Eastern Han Dynasty A.D. 25-220 drive the Hsiung-nu back into the Altai Mountains and into the Steppes.

420 - 552 A.D

The "WHITE HUN EMPIRE" - 420 - 552 A.D, Founder - Aksuvar (Aksungur), Area - Half of northern India, Afghanistan, parts of Turkistan (Total Area - 3,500,000 Km 2)". The 16 Great Turkish Empires

552 - 743 A.D

"The "GOKTURK EMPIRE" - 552 - 743 A.D, Founder - Bumin Khan (Tumen), Area - The inacessible valleys of the Altay Mountains (Ergenikon) (Total Area - 18,000,000 Km 2)". The 16 Great Turkish Empires

562 - 796 A.D

"The "AVAR EMPIRE" - 562 - 796 A.D, Founder - Bayar Khan, Area - The area between the Volga, Hungary and Bessarabia". The 16 Great Turkish Empires

602-1016_A.D

"The "HAZAR EMPIRE" - 602 - 1016 A.D, Founder - There are no historical data as to the original founder, however, its greatest ruler was Hakan Yusuf., Area - The Hazars who are believed to be an offshoot of the Gokturks migrated to the West and formed a state stretching from the Caucasian Mntns to the Danube and to the middle of and Southern Russia.". The 16 Great Turkish Empires

630 - 640

Between 630 and 640 the Tang Chinese under emperor Li Shi-min, captured the cities of Kucha, Khotan, Kashgar, Yarkand, and Turfan in what is today Xinjiang province of Red China. Dickens, Soviets in Xinjiang

659 AD

After regaining her strength, China, now ruled by the Tang dynasty (618-906), once again moved west between 630 and 640 and penetrating as far west as Bukhara and Samarkand in 659. Dickens, Soviets in Xinjiang

683_AD

Mongolia, came under the control of the Turks again in 683. Dickens, Soviets in Xinjiang

745 AD