Silk Roads By mz99031558 300 BCE Spread of Buddhism and Hinduism to Southeast Asia 200 BCE Introduction of Buddhism to Central Asia 200 BCE Spread of Christianity in the Mediterranean Basin and Southwest Asia Period: 139 BCE to 126 BCE Travels of Zhang Qian in Central Asia 100 BCE Introduction of Buddhism to China 184 Yellow Turban Rebellion Period: 216 to 272 Life of Mani 220 Collapse of Han Dynasty Period: 284 to 305 Reign of Diocletian 313 Edict of Milan and the Legalization of Christianity in the Roman Empire Period: 313 to 337 Reign of Constantine 325 Council of Nicaea 451 Council of Chalcedon 476 Collapse of the Western Roman Empire