Central Asia

Arabs

Jan 1, 750

Arabs complete conquest of central Asia with victory over Chinese at Talas river, imposing Islam and new culture.

Mongols

Jan 1, 1218

Genghis khan began a 200 year rule of Central Asia

Timur

Feb 25, 1336

The birth of Timur. Timur was the son of the leader of the Barlas tribe. He was raised as a fighter he quickly became a very good fighter and eventually a big leader in their military. He made an alliance with Hussein, they were a dominating team. eventually split ways and went to work against each other. Timur won.

Timur

Jan 1, 1370

Turkic-speaking mongol named Timur rose to power and built an empire. He was a ruthless conquerer, but he ordered the building of beautiful gardens, mosques, and palaces.

Timur

Feb 25, 1405

death of timur

Treaty of Nerchinsk

Feb 27, 1689

The Treaty of Nerchinsk between Russia and China ends border clashes in Manchuria. The Russians gave up the area north of the Amur River as far as the Stanovoy Mountains and kept the area between the Argun River and Lake Baikal.

Crimean War

Feb 27, 1855

Russia is defeated in the Crimean War. This war was one of the first wars ever that had day-to-day updates as well as photographs and written reports.

Soviet Union

Jan 1, 1991

Soviet Union collapses due to the economy. They spent many years trying to have one of the biggest militaries in the area, Eventually it caught up to them and they slowly collapsed.

Islam

Mar 2, 2022

Islam becomes dominant religion of all Central Asia.

Russians

Mar 2, 2022

The Russians changed to eastern orthodox christian as there main relgion. This was founded by an apostle named Andrew. He is remembered for traveling to western cities and telling them of the foundation of a christian city. The St. Andrews Cathedral was named after him.