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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.

1839-1842 First Anglo-Afghan War, British take Kabul and Kandahar

1842 Stoddart and Conolly imprisoned and executed by Emir of Bukhara

1855 British defeat Russians in Crimean War

1865-1876 Russians capture Tashkent, Bukhara, Samarkand, Khiva, and Kokand

1878-1880 Second Anglo-Afghan War

1881 Russians massacre Turkmen at Battle of Geok-tepe

1884 Russians conquer Merv, occupation of Central Asia complete

1898 Andijan uprising against Russians

1905 Russian Revolution

1911 Qing Dynasty falls in China

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