Silk Roads

  • 300 BCE

    Spread of Buddhism and Hinduism to Southeast Asia

  • 200 BCE

    Introduction of Buddhism to Central Asia

  • 200 BCE

    Spread of Christianity in the Mediterranean Basin and Southwest Asia

  • Period: 139 BCE to 126 BCE

    Travels of Zhang Qian in Central Asia

  • 100 BCE

    Introduction of Buddhism to China

  • 184

    Yellow Turban Rebellion

  • Period: 216 to 272

    Life of Mani

  • 220

    Collapse of Han Dynasty

  • Period: 284 to 305

    Reign of Diocletian

  • 313

    Edict of Milan and the Legalization of Christianity in the Roman Empire

  • Period: 313 to 337

    Reign of Constantine

  • 325

    Council of Nicaea

  • 451

    Council of Chalcedon

  • 476

    Collapse of the Western Roman Empire