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751
Chinese prisoners teach the Arabs how to make paper. Paper pro-
duction starts in Samarkand.
755-797
Tibet's golden age.
759-779
Bügü Kaghan: The golden age of the Uighur Empire. Man-
ichaeism becomes the state religion.
765-785
Semirechye and the eastern Syr Darya come under the rule of the
Qarluqs while the western Syr Darya comes under the rule of the
Oghuz (Ghuzz).
779
Buddhism becomes the state religion of Tibet.
790
The Tibetans and Qarluqs defeat the Uighur-Chinese coalition at
Peying.
790-860
Eastern Turkestan passes once more to the Tibetans.
791-800
The defeat of the Qarluqs in Fergana by the Arabs.
815-819
Samanid state established in Samarkand and Herat.
821-830
The establishment of the Tahirid Emirate in Khurasan.
840
The Kirghiz destroy the Uighur Empire. The Uighurs migrate
from the Orhun river to Inner Asia. Some of them settle in north-
western Kansu, others settle in the cities of Eastern Turkestan.
840
Kul Bilge Khan establishes the Qarakhanid state.
840-920
Kirghiz Empire in the land of modern Mongolia and Tuva.
845-911
Eastern Turkestan (Turfan) Uighur state established.
850
The Pecheneks live in the environs of Issyk Lake and Balkash.
851-860
The Oghuz defeat the Pecheneks, who went to the area near the
Emba, Ural and Volga rivers.
860-880
The Pecheneks cross the Volga and go to Don and Kuban.
867-869
The rise of the Saffarid dynasty (Shi'ite) in Persia.
870-950
Turkish philosopher Farabi.
873
The Saffarid victory in Khurasan.
875
The Persian Samanid dynasty (Sunni) obtains the administration
of Transoxiana, with its capital in Bukhara, from the Caliph.
900
The Samanids overthrow the Saffarids, thus extending their rule
into all of Persia.
906
The end of the Tang dynasty in China.
10th century
China divides and loses land in the north. In north-western China,
Tankut (Hsi-Hsia) establishes the Leao states in the north-east.
907-960
The Five Dynasty period in China.
920
The Mongol Khitans defeat the Kirghiz.
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