Southwest Asia Time Line

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750 to 1167

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 Before 750 AD

Southwest Asia Time Line 1500 to Now

751 AD	751 AD: Battle of Talas: The Tang Chinese were defeated by the Moslem Arabs at the battle of the Talas River northeast of Tashkent. It was at this battle that Chinese papermakers were captured by the Arabs and paper making spread west.
755-763:	755-763: Rebellion of An Lu-shan Imperial expansion extended until 751 AD when the Chinese lost to Arab Moslems at the Battle of Talas. This was a crucial battle because it caused the Chinese to pull back. The loss of the outermost provinces weakened the Tang emperor Xuanzong. This brought on the rebellion of An Lushan which brought the Chinese borders back to the Great Wall and caused a gradual decline of Imperial power that lasted for 150 years.
683 AD ______________	Mongolia, came under the control of Kyrgyz in 840. Dickens, Soviets in Xinjiang Arab general Qutaiba ibn Muslim had crosses the Amu Darya (Oxus River) in 711, and captures Bukhara. Dickens, Soviets in Xinjiang
683_AD	The Arab general Qutaiba ibn Muslim captured Samarkand in 711. Dickens, Soviets in Xinjiang

early 8th century AD	"The word Tatar appears in the Kultigin tablets, which were erected in early 8th century AD and are located close to the Orkhon river near the Mongolian border. These tablets were variously discovered. re-discovered and finally deciphered between the 18th and 20th centuries. According to the inscriptions, Tatars were one of the tribes living in the vicinity of the Altai range of Eastern Asia." Paksoy, Crimean Tatars
713 AD	'"Arab armies penetrated into Xinjiang and sacked Kashgar" in 713. Dickens, Soviets in Xinjiang
740 - 1335 A.D	"The "UYGUR EMPIRE" - 740 - 1335 A.D, Founder - Kutlug Bilgekul Khan, Area - Central Asia and Northern Mongolia.". The 16 Great Turkish Empires
751 AD	"Chinese power in Central Asia was decisively crushed by the Arabs in 751 at the Battle of Talas, northeast of Tashkent." Dickens, Soviets in Xinjiang
prior to the 9 -10th century	"The Khazar ruling class seem to have embraced Judaism sometime prior to the 9-10th century." Paksoy, Crimean Tatars
Circa 850 AD	Circa 850 - Uighurs, pushed from Mongolia by the Kirghiz establish their Ulus in the Tarim Basin. This lasted until the Uighurs were conquered and assimilated into the Mongol IL in the early 13th century. Dickens, Soviets in Xinjiang
932-1212_A.D,	"The "KARAHAN" - 932 - 1212 A.D, Founder - Saltuk Bugra Han, Area - All the Trans-Oxus area including the area between the Issyk and Balkash Lakes". The 16 Great Turkish Empires
934 AD	"Uighurs adopted Islam under Abdulkerim Satuk Bughra Khan, the ruler of Kashgar, who became a Muslim in 934." Dickens, Soviets in Xinjiang
962 - 1183 A.D,	"The "GAZNELI EMPIRE" - 962 - 1183 A.D, Founder - Alptekin, Area - The area from the Trans-Oxus to the Ganges River, and from the shores of the Caspian to the steppes of the Pamir. (Total Area - 4,700,000 Km 2)". The 16 Great Turkish Empires

10th century	First mention of Turkmen (al Turk-maniyun) by Makdisi in the 10th century. He used the term to refer to the Oguz and the Karluks. The Oguz were located near Isfijab in the mid Syr Darya region. Krader, Central Asia. Page 57. - W. 4 The Oguz adopted Islam in the 10th century under a leader named Seljuk. Krader, Central Asia. Page 57. - W. 4
Early 11th century	Early 11th century first Turkic incursions in Armenia. Wagstaff Landscapes Page 184. - W. 4
1040-1157_A.D,	"The "SELCUK EMPIRE" - 1040 - 1157 A.D, Founder - Seljuk, Area - At the East, Balkash and Issyk Lakes and the Tarim Derya; At the West, Aegean and the Mediterranean shores; At the North, Aral Lake, Caspian Sea, Caucasian and the Black Sea; At the South, the area including Arabia and the sea Omman. (Total Area - 10,000,000 Km 2)". The 16 Great Turkish Empires
11th century	Mahmud al-Kashgari refers to Oguz and Karluks as Turkmen in the 11th century. Krader, Central Asia. Page 57. - W. 5 Turkmen began to be used to mean Oguz exclusively in the 11 century by Gardizi and Baihaqi. Krader, Central Asia. Page 58. - W. 4 "During the 11th century, Kashgarli Mahmut, the author of Compendium of Turkic Dialects , noted that Tatars were living around Otuken, next to the Uyghurs." Paksoy, Crimean Tatars
1077 - 1231 A.D	"The "HARZEMSHAH" - 1077 - 1231 A.D, Founder - Kudrettin Mehmet (Harzemshah), Area - Persia, Southern Caucasia, Dagistan, Afghanistan and most of Central Asia. (Total Area - 5,000,000 Km 2)". The 16 Great Turkish Empires