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Important Events
 


The ruins of Gaochangcity Photo by Oliver Wild

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During 3000B.C Silk was produced in China .

-During 2500B.C Camels were proven to be vital travel aids for traveling across the desert.

-During 1500B.C Iron-manufacturing technology was discovered in Asia Minor .

-During 900-700B.C Scythians and Sarmatians were amongst the first horse-back riders and also amongst the first to wear trousers.

-Around 600B.C Zoroaster was born in Persia .

-Around 560B.C Buddha was born in Nepal .

-Around 500B.C the Chinese adapt wearing trousers and shirts. Also, the Chinese learn how to ride horses.

-Around 480B.C Confucius was born.

-During 400B.C Alexander the Great begins to expand his empire.

-Around 300B.C the Qin Dynasty unites the whole of China .

-300B.C, The Chinese Great Wall was completed as a defensive aid for China .

-300B.C, The Qin Dynasty was overthrown by the Han Dynasty.

-Paper was manufactured in China around 300B.C.

-Around 200B.C The Huns rose to power in Asia and attacked the Western Territory of China.

-200B.C, The Silk Road is now open to the west.

-Around 1 A.D Silk was first seen in Rome .

-Around 1 A.D The spread of Christianity begins.

-Around 100A.D Rome sends first Roman Envoy to China .

-Roman’s Parthians , Kushans, and Chinese bring stability to the Silk Road in around 200 A.D.

-Around 200 A.D Han Dynasty ends which tears China in to small fragments.

-Secret of Sericulture was spread west along the Silk Road . (300A.D)

-Fa-Hsien walked to India via the Silk Road . (300.A.D.)

-400A.D Chinese princess smuggles Silk Eggs out of China . Silkworm farms begin to appear in Central Asia .

-500A.D Silkworm farms began to appear in Europe .

-500A.D Sui Dynasty reunited China .

-The finest Dynasty of all the Tang Dynasty provided a “Golden Age” for China in which China was open to foreign influences. (Around 600A.D)

-600A.D Muslims control Mesopotamia and Iran , along with the Silk and Spice routes.


picture of diamond sutra photo from the British Library

-Diamond Sutra, worlds oldest known book, was printed May, 11 th, 868 A.D

-The Tang Dynasty ends and China Breaks into fragments. China is the reunited by the Sung Dynasty. (900A.D)

-Paper money was first developed in China around 1100C.E.

- Silk Road trade goes good under the “Pax Mongolica”. (1200A.D)

-Marco Polo heads east around 1200 A.D

-A Third Silk Road route appears in the North. (1300A.D)

- China closes doors to foreigners. (1400C.E)

 - 1900A.D, was the Chinese Revolution which ended the dynasties.

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