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Timeline of Central Asia, 600-900 A.D.

Clash of Empires

By Kallie Szczepanski, About.com

Timeline of Central Asian history from 600 to 900 A.D., when Chinese, Arab, Turkic, Persian, and Tibetan empires fought for control of the region.

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630-640 Chinese occupy Mongolia and Tarim Basin

642-651 Arabs defeat Sassanian Empire

661 Umayyad Caliphate established in Damascus, Shia/Sunni split in Islam

682-683 Turkic peoples revolt, expel Chinese from Mongolia

709-713 Arabs capture Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva and Kashgar

748 Chinese invade Ferghana Valley

751 Battle of Talas River, Arabs defeat the Chinese

840 Kirghiz expel Uighurs from Mongolia

840 Uighurs migrate to Tarim Basin, western China

900 Samanids defeat Saffarids, take all of Persia

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