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Ibn Sina

980 CE – 1037 CE · 57 years

The Persian polymath who wrote the Canon of Medicine — a million-word medical encyclopedia that remained the standard textbook across two continents for six centuries — while fleeing political persecution, serving as vizier, surviving imprisonment, and writing one of the most ambitious works of philosophy since Aristotle.

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Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

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Samanid Empire

819 CE – 999 CE

Trade route

Silk Road Southern Branch

200 BCE – 1450 CE

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Srivijaya Maritime Wars

600 CE – 1288 CE

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William the Conqueror

1028 CE – 1087 CE

Landmark

Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

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Cuman-Kipchak confederation

1000 CE – 1241 CE

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Hai Gaon

939 CE – 1038 CE

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