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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.

1526 Babur takes Delhi, establishes Moghul Empire in India

1552-1556 Ivan IV (the Terrible) defeats Kazan and Astrakhan Khanates

1571 Crimean Tatars sack Moscow

1715 Peter the Great leads first Russian expedition to Kazakh Steppe

1722 Afghans invade Persia, depose Safavid Dynasty

1747 Nation of Afghanistan founded under Durrani Dynasty

1768 Chinese conquer Uighur Turkestan, rename it "Xinjiang"

1784-1804 Establishment of Uzbek Khanates at Bukhara, Kokand, and Khiva

1826 Barakzai Dynasty founded in Afghanistan

1820s-1840s Kazakhs revolt against Russian "protection"

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