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Arabs complete conquest of central Asia with victory over Chinese at Talas river, imposing Islam and new culture.
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Genghis khan began a 200 year rule of Central Asia
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The birth of Timur. Timur was the son of the leader of the Barlas tribe. He was raised as a fighter he quickly became a very good fighter and eventually a big leader in their military. He made an alliance with Hussein, they were a dominating team. eventually split ways and went to work against each other. Timur won.
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Turkic-speaking mongol named Timur rose to power and built an empire. He was a ruthless conquerer, but he ordered the building of beautiful gardens, mosques, and palaces.
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death of timur
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The Treaty of Nerchinsk between Russia and China ends border clashes in Manchuria. The Russians gave up the area north of the Amur River as far as the Stanovoy Mountains and kept the area between the Argun River and Lake Baikal.
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Russia is defeated in the Crimean War. This war was one of the first wars ever that had day-to-day updates as well as photographs and written reports.
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Soviet Union collapses due to the economy. They spent many years trying to have one of the biggest militaries in the area, Eventually it caught up to them and they slowly collapsed.
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Islam becomes dominant religion of all Central Asia.
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The Russians changed to eastern orthodox christian as there main relgion. This was founded by an apostle named Andrew. He is remembered for traveling to western cities and telling them of the foundation of a christian city. The St. Andrews Cathedral was named after him.
