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589 The Turks' campaign in Persia. They are defeated at the battle

of Herat. The Persians take control of Paykend. Turk-Sassanid
peace.

603 The Kushan rebellion against the Persians with Turkish help.

Tocharistan breaks off from Persia.

618 The collapse of the Sui dynasty in China. The establishment of the

T'ang dynasty (618-907).

620 The birth of the great power of Tibet.

624 The T'ang dynasty unites the whole of China under one admin-

istration.

625 Mutual exchange of ambassadors between the Byzantine Empire

and the Western Turkic Khaganate.

630 The Eastern Göktürk Khaganate becomes subject of the Tang Em-

pire.

632 The death of Prophet Muhammad and beginning of the expansion

of the Arab Muslim Empire.

642 The Sassanid Shah Yazdigird is defeated by the Arabs at the Battle

of Nahavand.

642-651 The collapse of the Sassanid Empire under the pressure of Arab

raids.

650 The Khazars defeat the Alans and Bulgars, resulting in their domi-

nation of the Caucasus and the Volga region.

652 The Arabs first capture Khurasan.

658-659 The Western Turkic Khaganate comes under the sovereignty of

the Tang Empire.

663 Eastern Turkestan is held by the Tibetans.

667 The Arabs defeat Peroz, the last Sassanid shah, and first cross the

Oxus River (Amu Darya).

670-692 The Tibetans destroy the Tuyuhun/Aja Empire.

671-680 The Arabs attack Bukhara, Samarkand and Khwarezmı. Tang Em-

pire controls Asia.

679 The Eastern Turks rebel against the Chinese.

681 Kutlug Ilterish Khagan makes the Eastern Göktürk State indepen-

dent.

689 The Arab occupation of Termez.

691-700 The establishment of the Türgish Khaganate.

696-697 The Göktürks defeat the Kitay with help from the Chinese.

701-710 Arab conquest of Central Asia. The Türgish clash with the Tibet-

ans and Chinese.