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Timeline of Central Asian History, 900-1300 A.D.

Early Medieval Central Asia: The Turks and The Mongols

By Kallie Szczepanski, About.com

Timeline of Central Asian history in the early medieval period, when the region was dominated by the Seljuk Turks and the Mongols under Genghis Khan.

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932 Qarakhanid Dynasty established, with its capital at Kashgar

962 Ghaznavid Dynasty established in Afghanistan

1040 Seljuk Turks defeat Ghaznavids at Merv

1055 Seljuks capture Baghdad, become protectors of the Caliphate

1071 Seljuks defeat Byzantines, take Anatolia (Turkey)

1220-1227 Mongolian conquest of Central Asia led by Genghis Khan

1240 Mongols take Kiev, conquer Russians

1258 Mongols destroy Baghdad, ending Abbasid Caliphate

1260-1368 Golden Age of Mongol rule

c. 1300 Kyrgyz migrate from Siberia to Tien Shan Mountains

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