Middleages- Eastern World

  • The Indian Gupta Empire is destroyed by White Huns
    455

    The Indian Gupta Empire is destroyed by White Huns

    During the 5th century, the Gupta dynasty in India reigned in the Ganges basin with the Kushan empire occupied the area along the Indus. India knew the Hephthalite as Huna by the Sanskrit name. The Hephthaltes or Hunas waited till 470 rigth after the death of Gupta ruler, Skandagupta (455-470), and entered the Inda from the Kabul valley after the conquest of Kushan. They mopped on along the Ganges and ruined every city and town. They persecuted Buddhists and burned all the monasteries.
  • The Sui Dynasty reunifies China
    581

    The Sui Dynasty reunifies China

    The new emperor, known as Yangdi or Emperor Yang, launched several ambitious projects, including construction of the section of the Grand Canal from the city of Yangzhou on the Yangtze River to Luoyang. The canal made it much easier to transport the rich agricultural products of the Yangtze Valley. The Sui strengthened the power of the central government by curtailing the power of local officials to appoint their own subordinates.
  • The Tang Dynasty rules China
    Feb 1, 618

    The Tang Dynasty rules China

    Image result for ♣ The Tang Dynasty rules China. Viewing the Chinese history record, you will find the Tang Dynasty was the most glistening historic period in China's history. Founded in 618 and ending in 907, the state, under the ruling of the Tang Emperors, became the most powerful and prosperous country in the world.
  • Muslims conquer much of the Middle East
    Feb 1, 750

    Muslims conquer much of the Middle East

    The conquest of the muslims bought the collapse of Sassanid Empire and great territorial loss for Byzantine Empire. The muslims created polity and took over most od the Middle East.
  • Feudal Lords dominate Japan
    Feb 1, 800

    Feudal Lords dominate Japan

    The feudalism in Japan was all basically a fight for more land, more wealth, and above all, more power. When the government became weaker, large landowners had much power, and fought amongst themselves for each other’s land. This was the feudalism in Japan.
  • The Khmer Empire is founded in Cambodia
    Feb 1, 900

    The Khmer Empire is founded in Cambodia

    Its greatest legacy is Angkor, in present-day Cambodia, which was the site of the capital city during the empire's zenith. The majestic monuments of Angkor – such as Angkor Wat and Bayon – bear testimony to the Khmer empire's immense power and wealth, impressive art and culture, architectural technique and aesthetics achievements, as well as the variety of belief systems that it patronised over time.
  • The First Crusade captures Jerusalem from the Muslims
    Feb 1, 1099

    The First Crusade captures Jerusalem from the Muslims

    During the First Crusade, Christian knights from Europe capture Jerusalem after seven weeks of siege and begin massacring the city’s Muslim and Jewish population.
  • The Mongol Empire reaches its peak
    Feb 1, 1206

    The Mongol Empire reaches its peak

    Under Genghis's successor Ögedei Khan that the speed of expansion reached its peak. Mongol armies pushed into Persia, finished off the Xia and the remnants of the Khwarezmids, and came into conflict with the Song Dynasty of China, starting a war that would last until 1279 and that would conclude with the Mongols' successful conquest of China.
  • the Ming dynasty is founded in China
    Feb 1, 1368

    the Ming dynasty is founded in China

    In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang officially proclaimed himself emperor in Yingtian and founded the Ming Dynasty. In the same year, the Ming army captured Dadu (currently Beijing), the capital city of Yuan, and rid China of most of the remaining Mongols, ultimately ending Yuan.
  • The Mongols invade Afghanistan, Persia, Russia, parts of Eastern Europe and China

    The Mongols invade Afghanistan, Persia, Russia, parts of Eastern Europe and China

    Asia was marching against the west, at one moment it had seemed as if Europe had succumbed to a terrible menace from the east. Heathen Mongol hordes from the heart of Asia rapidly swept over Russia, Polland and Hungary and in 1241 inflicted crashng defeats on the Germans and upon Europeans.