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500 BC - 600 AD 1100 Lhomon or Monyul in Tibet, Bhutan & Burma |
535 Qi Min Yao Shu in Significant to history of agriculture, Chinese author Jia Sixia wrote treatise, & although it quotes 160 previous Chinese agronomy books, it is oldest existent Chinese agriculture treatise. In over one hundred thousand written Chinese characters, book covered land preparation, seeding, cultivation, orchard management, forestry, animal husbandry, trade, & culinary uses for crops. |
589 1st reference to use of toilet paper Chinese scholarofficial Yan Zhitui makes the |
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613 - 28 15 Transition from Sui to Tang in China |
630 - 40 Chinese subdue Tarim Basin. |
641 King Songtsen Gampo Unifies Tibet |
682 Revolt of Turks against Chinese & reestablishment of Turkic Khanate in Mongolia. |
691 reestablishment of Eastern Turkic Khanate in Tarim Basin. |
686 mongolian Kitan from Manchuria raid China |
600s Guangzhou, China, becomes a major international seaport, hosting maritime travelers from Egypt, East Africa, Arabia, Persia, India, Sri Lanka, & South East Asia, including Muslims, Jews, Hindus, & Nestorian Christians. |
684 Changan Prince Yides tomb, towers |
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705 Overthrow of Empress Wu Zetian, reign of Chinas first & only soleruling empress ends. |
710 li3 chong mao 4 Shang Di |
744 Chinese Tang dismantle Turk empire |
748 Chinese invade Ferghana Valley. |
751 Battle of Talas in ArabChinese War Arabs defeat Chinese in high Pamirs near Samarkand, & conquer Central Asia completely. Tajikistan |
756 - 63 7 An Shi Rebellion China
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782 Buddhist monk Prajna reaches Changan & enlists help of Christian bishop Ching Ching (Adam) in translating sutras into Chinese. |
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846 Kirghiz drive Uighurs west to Tarim Basin |
800s Although in a short time Tang Dynasty was resurgented, government controlled by eunuchs backslided, lots of infightings broke up, finally weakened by Huang Chao seriosly & dissolved. |
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932 Turkic Qarakhanid dynasty is established, with its initial center in Kashgar. |
907 - 60 53 mi Chinese Civil War (Five Dynasties & Ten Kingdoms) |
963 - 1004 41 Li Jiqian Rebelturnedjiedushi of Song Dynasty |
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386 - 588 202
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420 - 588 168
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502 - 56 54 Liang
557 - 88 31 Chen |
386 - 533 47 Northern Wei
534 - 49 15 Eastern Wei
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550 - 77 27 Northern Qi
557 - 88 31 Northern Zhou |
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502 - 49 47 Wu
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559 - 66 7 Wen
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569 - 82 13 Xuan
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561 - 78 17 Wu |
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618 - 842 224
774 Padmasambhava 732 - 804 72 enters Tibet inventor of Tibetan Buddhism Tantric master who created vajrayana buddhism in Tibet
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588 - 9 1 mi Chen-Sui Wars |
589 China reunified under Sui Dynasty 589 - 618 29 |
598 - 614 16 GoguryeoSui Wars in Korea |
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630 Chinese occupy Mongolia (Eastern Turkic Khanate). |
634 - 5 1 Tang / Tuyuhun War |
635 - 49 14 Alopen Persian Christian priest introduces Nestorian Christianity into China. |
638 Emperor Taizong 627 - 49 22 issues an edict of universal toleration of religions; Nestorians build a church in Changan. |
638 mi Battle of Songzhou TangTufan War |
640 - 8 8 mi TangXiyu War |
645 - 68 23 GoguryeoTang Wars in Korea Goguryeo fell to a joint attack by Tang China & Unified Silla of Korea, latter of which held Goguryeo domains.
645 - 6 1 TangXueyantuo Wars
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649 - 83 24 Chinese Emperor Gaozong permits establishment of Christian monasteries in each of 358 prefectures. |
659 Chinese forces penetrate into Transoxiana (Western Turkic Khanate). |
670 - 6 6 SillaTang War in Korea
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690 mi Pro Buddhist imperial consort Wu Zetian seizes power & rules as Empress of China |
698 Active but unofficial antiChristian persecution begins in China |
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618 - 907 288
748 mi Chinese Buddhist monk Jian Zhen writes in his Yue Jue Shu of international sea traffic coming to Guangzhou, ships from Borneo, Persia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, & others bringing tons of goods. |
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840 - 6 6 Wuzong |
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941 - 7 6 Qian Zuo zhong xian wang Cheng Zong |
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923 - 6 3 Lǐ Cúnxù Too tedious thus not used when referring to this sovereign Zhuang Zong |
915 - 1125 210 Liao Dynasty Shangjing |
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960 - 1279 319
Bei (Northern) Song dynasty
960 - 1127 167 
970, the Song dynastyinvaded Southern Han and their crossbowmen readily routed the Han elephants on 23 January 971, during the taking of Shao. That was the last time elephants were used in Chinese warfare.[ |
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Southern Han dynasty is the only state in Chinese history to have kept a permanent corps of war elephants. These elephants were able to carry a tower with some ten people on their backs. They were used successfully during the Han invasion of Ma Chu in 948. |
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937 - 43 6 Li Bian tedious xian zhu or Lie Zu |
943 - 61 18 Li Jing tedious zhong zhu or Yuan Zong| |
961 - 75 14 li3 yu4wu3 wang2 Hou Zhu |
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552 turkicspeaking khanate of Boumin or Kok ("Khan of blue Turks") defeats Mongols & extends its empire from Manchuria to Aral sea (Western & Eastern Khanate) |
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840 Kirghiz replace Uighurs in Mongolia, who flee to Turfan to establish Uighur Kingdom. |
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925 mongolian Kitan expand towards eastern Mongolia (driving away kyrgiz), most of Manchuria (their homeland, where they ruled over Jurchen), & most of northern China, & establish Liao dynasty |
900 Samanids overthrow Saffarids, thus extending their rule into all of Persia. |
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552 - 603 51 First empire, |
603 - 58 55 Double empire |
681 - 747 66 Second empire. |
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742 - 848 106 Ordubaliq Founded as a successor of Göktürk Khaganate
848 - 1036 88 Gansu state, Turfan state.
744 turkicspeaking Uigurs, thanks to their alliance with Tang, conquer Eastern Khanate & expand from Lake Balkash to Lake Baykal, with capital in KaraBalgasun (first turkic alphabet) |
759 - 80 21 Manichaeism State Religion |
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618 - 42 24 Go Geonmu Seong Gomu Yeongnyu |
642 - 68 24 Go Jang Bojang Bojang |
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698 935 237 North South States |
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901 - 18 17 Goguryeo
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887 - 97 10 Queen Jinseong |
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892 - 935 43 Later 3 Kingdoms of Korea
892 - 936 44 War of Later Three Kingdoms |
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507 - 31 24 Ōto/Hikofuto (Hikofuto no Mikoto/Ōdo no Sumera Mikoto) Keitai Possible founder of new dynasty |
500s Two syllabaries or kana are developed from simplified Chinese characters in Japan. |
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