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Period: 3000 BCE to
The Asian History
J=Japan
K=Korea
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Period: 2070 BCE to 1600 BCE
(C)Xia period
Xia was the very first dynasty of china, later succeeded by the Shang dynasty -
Period: 623 BCE to 410 BCE
(I)Siddhartha Gautama
He is the founder of the religion of Buddhism. After years of meditation, he awakened to enlightenment. After a couple of centuries, he came to be known as Buddha -
Period: 130 BCE to 1453
(C)Silk road
A trade route that connected the East and the West, the central of the economic and cultural to the connected regions. -
Period: 57 BCE to 668
(K)The Korean three kingdoms period
Referring to the three kingdom: Baekjae, Silla, and Goguryeo, was the period where Korea was divided into three parts, was unified in the 7th century. -
Period: 300 to 543
(I)Gupta Empire
At its highest time of power, from about 319 to 543 AD, it covered much of the Indian subcontinent. This period was considered the Golden Age of India. It is known for it's inventions and discoveries in math, science, philosophy, astronomy, and many more. -
Period: 570 to 632
(ME)Muhammad
He is the founder of Islam, he was a prophet and is viewed as the final prophet by God. He also united Arabia into a single Muslim polity. -
Period: 632 to 647
(K)Queen Seondeok rule
Wise ruler of Silla during the Three Kingdoms period, with the help of Seondeok's rule, Silla was able to unify Korea -
Period: 661 to 750
(ME)Umayyads
The first Muslim Dynasty, In the pre-Islamic period, they were a major clan of the Quraysh, but later accepted Islam. -
Period: 710 to 784
(J)Nara period
The time in Japan when the the ties were growing with China, the government officially supported Buddhism during this time. -
Period: 750 to
(SEA)Borobodur
The world's largest Buddhist temple, the temple follows Javanese Buddhist architecture. It was destroyed by a bombing on 21 January 1985 when nine bombs detonated at the temple. -
Period: 877 to 943
(K)King Taejo
Founder of Goryeo, later achieved the unification of the "Later Three Kingdoms Period." -
Period: 1150 to 1431
(SEA)Angkor
Coming from the Sanskrit nagara, meaning of "city", it is the capital city of the Khmer Empire built in the mid 12th century. The city houses Angkor Wat, which is now used as a tourist attraction. The city and empire grew from the 9th to the 15th centuries. -
Period: 1391 to 1273 BCE
(ME)Moses
Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible, adopted by an Egyptian princess, and later became the leader of the Israelites. -
Period: 1396 to
(SEA)Malacca
The oldest Malaysian city on the Straits of Malacca, the present-day city was founded by a Sumatran prince named Parameswara, who escaped to the Malay Peninsula when Srivijaya fell to the Majapahit -
Period: 1405 to 1433
(C)Zheng he voyages
Made relationships with other countries and made it possible for China to be the superpower. -
Period: 1537 to
(J)Toyotmi Hideyoshi
A daimyo who succeeded Oda Nobonaga and is regarded as the Japan's second "great unifier." -
Period: 1542 to
(I)Akbar the Great
Third Mughal emperor who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in India and reformed his central administration and centralized his financial system. -
(K)Yi Sun Shin's death
Yi Sun Shin's died in the middle of the last battle against the Japanese invasion and is famous for his last words: "[t]he battle is at its height. Beat my war drums. Do not announce my death." -
Period: to
(J)Tokugawa shogunate
The last feudal Japanese military government, kept Christianity away from Japan. -
Period: to
(I)Taj Mahal
An ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in Agra. It was commissioned by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his wife.