Cross-Cultural Exchanges on the Silk Road By rinnahkim Period: 500 BCE to 500 The Formation of Classical Societies 300 BCE Buddhism becomes well established in northern India Period: 102 BCE to 98 Han Wudi successfully defeats the Xiongnu Period: 9 to 23 Wang Mang tries to gain control of China 184 Peasants hold an uprising known as the Yellow Turban Uprising 200 Sizable Christian communities flourish in Mesopotamia and Iran 200 Han and Roman Empire suffer large scale epidemics 200 Roman and Chinese states establish smaller economies that concentrate on each regionś needs Period: 200 to 300 Christian missionaries work zealously to convert other, taking full advantage of the many land routes Period: 216 to 272 Mani's Life Period: 235 to 284 Twenty-six barracks emperors fight for the Roman Throne 284 Diocletian the Roman emperor divided the empire into two administrations 300 The Han central government dissolves 330 Constantinople becomes the capital of a united Roman empire 476 The last western Roman emperor is deposed by Germanic general Odovacer 500 The Chinese react enthusiastically to Buddhism 500 Authorities try to stamp out Manichaeism in the Mediterranean Basin 550 The heartland of China experiences devastation because of the armies that ravage villages for food and resources 550 Attila the warrior made the Huns virtually undefeatable 600 New imperial states reestablished the trade routes and there was much interest in communication and trade once again