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Roman-Parthian peace. The Huns are freed from Chinese rule.
The rise of Kang-chu. The Sarmatians are along the banks of the
river Don. The Scythians are in Crimea.
The Kirghiz ancestors, the Kienku, go the Upper Yenisey region
from the north of Lake Balkhash.
10
Kujula Kadphises I established the Kushan dynasty on Bactrian/
Trocharian land (now north-eastern Afghanistan).
21-30
Wars between the Kushan dynasty and the Sakas and Parthians.
Rebellion and civil war in Parthia. The Huns establish superiority
over Chinese.
48
The Huns split into the Northern Huns and the Southern Huns.
The Southern Huns become bound to China. Some of the South-
ern Huns go to Ordos and become Chinese subjects.
50
Kujula Kadphises unites the Yuezhih to establish the Kushan Em-
pire, stretching from Persia to Transoxiana to the Upper Indus.
71-80
Kanishka of the Kushans continues his conquest of India. Bud-
dhism becomes the predominant religion.
71-80
China, Hsienpi, Ting-ling and the Southern Huns unite against the
Northern Huns.
81-90
China defeats the Yuezhih (Kushan) in Kashgar.
91-100
Some of the northern Huns go to Western Tienshan and later re-
treat to the west.
97
Chinese armies reach the Caspian Sea.
141-150
Hsienpi, China, Ting-ling and the Vusuns attack the Huns. The
Huns come to the steppes of southern Kazakhstan and Turkmeni-
stan from Orhon.
151-160
The defeat of Hsienpi causes the Hun to divide into four branches.
Some of them mix with the Kipchak in the Altais to form the Cu-
man (Poloves). Those going to China are known as the “Sha-t'o
Turks.”
155
Tan Shih-huay establishes the Hsienpi Empire in what is now
Mongolia.
155-390
Hsienpi rule in Estern Central Asia.
216
The Southern Hun state collapses. Their land is annexed to China.
216-394
The Hsienpi rule over parts of the Hun territory.
220
The end of the Han dynasty in China.
224
The Parthians destroy the Persian-Arshakids. The Sassanids in
Persia.
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