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Central Asia Timeline

By Kallie Szczepanski, About.com

Timeline of Central Asian history from the Aryan invasion through the fall of the Soviet Union.

1040 Seljuks defeat Ghaznavids at Merv

1055 Seljuks capture Baghdad, become protectors of the Caliphate

1071 Seljuks defeat Byzantines, take Anatolia (Turkey)

1240 Mongols take Kiev, conquer Russians

1258 Mongols destroy Baghdad, ending Abbasid Caliphate

1260-1368 Golden Age of Mongol rule

c. 1300 Kyrgyz migration from Siberia to Tian Shan Mountains

1381-1405 Timur (Tamerlane) takes Afghanistan, Persia, Moscow, Delhi, Baghdad

1405 Death of Timur

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