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100
Opening of slik road
1 B.C. is when the silk raod was open by Zhang Qian -
100
Silk in Rome
Silk if forst seen in Rome, slik clothes became the fashion rage quickly. -
100
Silkworms
3000BC, China breeds silkworms and makes silk and is the first country to do so -
Period: 100 to Feb 8, 1500
Silkroad
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220
End of Han Dynasty
Many disagreements and tribal incasions ended the Han Dynasty and China went into choas -
400
Buddhism
Chinese pilgrams started to travel to northen India because it was the sorces of Buddhism -
570
Mohammad is born
Mohammad, the Prophet, is born in Mecca. -
Feb 10, 600
Islam
Islam spreads from Arabia to Asia -
Feb 10, 600
Xuan Zang leaves
Buddhist monk Xuan Zang returns back to china with new Buddhist ideas -
Feb 8, 632
Mohammad's Death
Mohammad, the Prophet, dies -
Feb 10, 1206
United Mongols
Genghis Khan unites the Mingols and starts to conquer -
Feb 8, 1279
Yuan Dynasty
Yuan Dynasty is established by Kublai Khan -
Feb 10, 1279
Mongol Empire at large
Kubilai Khan conquers south China and this is the time the Mongol Empire is at its biggest -
Feb 10, 1300
Black Death plague
The Black Death plague kills many people and spreads from Europe to Central Asia, following the Silk Road -
Feb 8, 1368
Ming Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty rises after defeating the Mongols -
Feb 10, 1400
No more silk
The Ming Dynasty stops trading silk on the SIlk Road outside of China. -
Silk Road
Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen named the road, the Silk Road and the rerm was used for the first time -
Tang Dynasty
The Tang Dynasty rises in China -
Christianity
Christianity takes root in China throught the work of Christian missionaries -
Buddhist monk Xuan Zang
Xuan Zang goes to India to study Buddhism -
Tan Dynasty falls
The enlightened Tang Dynasty collapses as Buddhism declines.