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This entry presents significant events in the history of Asia between AD 1-1700. The Gupta Empire gained control of northern India in 320. They drove the Buddhist religion out of India. The Tang dynasty began in China in 618. The Tang dynasty is well known for music, poetry, and painting. Around 100 b.c., only the Chinese knew how to make silk. Europeans were willing to pay high prices for the light, comfortable material. The exchanges between Europeans and Chinese created one of the greatest trading routes in history-the Silk Road. The Northern Sung Dynasty in China made advances in banking and paper money in 960. The Samurai, a warrior people, became powerful in Japan in 1000. The Mongol people of Asia are united under the ruler Genghis Khan in 1206. He builds a huge army and creates an empire that stretches all the way from China to India, Russia, and Eastern Europe. The Ming Dynasty came to power in China in 1368. The Ming drove the Mongols out of the country. Civil war broke out in Japan in 1467. The conflicts lasted more than 100 years. The Mughal Empire in India began under Babur in 1526. The Mughals were Muslims who invaded and conquered India. The Ming Dynasty in China was overthrown by the Manchu peoples in 1644. Nadir Shah, a Persian warrior, conquered parts of western India and captured the city of Delhi.

This entry discusses significant events in the history of Asia between 3500 B.C. -1B.C. Communities of people settled in the Indus River Valley of India and Pakistan and the Yellow River Valley of China around 3500 B.C. The cities of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa in Pakistan became centers of trade and farming by 2500. Shang peoples in China built walled towns and used a kind of writing based on pictures. This writing developed into the writing Chinese people use today. The Hindu religion (Hinduism) begins to spread throughout India around 1500. In 700, a 500-year period began in which many warring states fought one another in China. Gautama Siddhartha, founder of Buddhism, was born in India in 563. The Chinese began building the Great Wall of China in 221. It's main section is more than 2,000 miles long and was meant to keep invading peoples from the north out of China. Some achievements of the ancient Chinese are inventing paper and gunpowder, and studying engineering.

This entry discusses significant events in the history of Asia between 3500 B.C. -1B.C. Communities of people settled in the Indus River Valley of India and Pakistan and the Yellow River Valley of China around 3500 B.C. The cities of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa in Pakistan became centers of trade and farming by 2500. Shang peoples in China built walled towns and used a kind of writing based on pictures. This writing developed into the writing Chinese people use today. The Hindu religion (Hinduism) begins to spread throughout India around 1500. In 700, a 500-year period began in which many warring states fought one another in China. Gautama Siddhartha, founder of Buddhism, was born in India in 563. The Chinese began building the Great Wall of China in 221. It's main section is more than 2,000 miles long and was meant to keep invading peoples from the north out of China. Some achievements of the ancient Chinese are inventing paper and gunpowder, and studying engineering.

This entry presents significant events in the history of Asia between AD 1-1700. The Gupta Empire gained control of northern India in 320. They drove the Buddhist religion out of India. The Tang dynasty began in China in 618. The Tang dynasty is well known for music, poetry, and painting. Around 100 b.c., only the Chinese knew how to make silk. Europeans were willing to pay high prices for the light, comfortable material. The exchanges between Europeans and Chinese created one of the greatest trading routes in history-the Silk Road. The Northern Sung Dynasty in China made advances in banking and paper money in 960. The Samurai, a warrior people, became powerful in Japan in 1000. The Mongol people of Asia are united under the ruler Genghis Khan in 1206. He builds a huge army and creates an empire that stretches all the way from China to India, Russia, and Eastern Europe. The Ming Dynasty came to power in China in 1368. The Ming drove the Mongols out of the country. Civil war broke out in Japan in 1467. The conflicts lasted more than 100 years. The Mughal Empire in India began under Babur in 1526. The Mughals were Muslims who invaded and conquered India. The Ming Dynasty in China was overthrown by the Manchu peoples in 1644. Nadir Shah, a Persian warrior, conquered parts of western India and captured the city of Delhi.