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Timeline of Chinese History from 650 to 1115 A.D.

By Kallie Szczepanski, About.com

Timeline of Chinese history from the introduction of Islam in 650 A.D. through the beginning of the Jin Dynasty in 1115.

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650 Saad ibn Abi Waqqas brings Islam to China

The Battle of Talas River- Arabs, Uighurs and Tibetans defeat Chinese

758 Arab and Persian pirates sack port city of Guangzhou

c. 800 Invention of woodblock printing

c. 850 Invention of gunpowder

907-979 Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period

907-1125 Liao Dynasty

960-1279 Northern and Southern Song Dynasties

1038-1227 Western Xia Dynasty

1115-1234 Jin Dynasty

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