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Afrasiab (Ancient Samarkand)

500 BCE – 1220 CE · 1,720 years

Ruins of pre-Mongol Samarkand in Uzbekistan, a major Silk Road hub with 7th-century palace murals depicting ambassadors

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Landmark

Mogao Caves

366 CE – still standing

Polity

Srivijaya Empire

650 CE – 1400 CE

Figure · Northern India / Nepal

Buddha

563 BCE – 483 BCE

Trade route

Silk Road Southern Branch

200 BCE – 1450 CE

Conflict

Mongol Conquests

1206 CE – 1368 CE

Landmark

Samarkand

300 BCE – still standing

Polity

Scythians

Attested 400 BCE – 100 CE

Figure · State of Lu, China

Confucius

551 BCE – 479 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 500 BCE and 1220 CE.

500 BCE Bukhara 300 BCE Samarkand 200 BCE Kashgar 200 BCE Dunhuang 200 BCE Jiaohe Ruins

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Greco-Persian Wars Conflict · Europe 499 BCE – 449 BCE Colosseum Landmark · Europe 80 CE – still standing Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE
Image credits7 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Mogao Cavesxiquinhosilva · CC BY 2.0
  • Srivijaya EmpireGunawan Kartapranata · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • The Buddhaพระมหาเทวประภาส วชิรญาณเมธี (ผู้ถ่าย-ปล่อยสัญญาอนุญาตภาพให้นำไปใช้ได้เพื่อการศึกษาโดยอยู่… · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Mongol conquestsUser:Astrokey44 · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • SamarkandRegistan_-_Gusjer.jpg : Gustavo Jeronimo from Aranjuez, Spain derivative work: MrPanyGoff · CC BY 2.0
  • ScythiansAntiquistik · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • ConfuciusAnonymous Chinese painter of the Western Han period · Public domain