Southernization Timeline

  • Jan 1, 600

    Islam arrives in India

  • Period: Jan 1, 600 to Dec 31, 1450

    Post Classical Era

  • Nov 14, 600

    After the fall of the Gupta empire, the population was 53 million

  • Nov 14, 627

    Reign of Tang Taizong begins (second emperor of Tang dynasty)

  • Nov 14, 632

    Mohammed leads first hajj to Ka’aba

  • Nov 14, 633

    Islamic armies seize Byzantine, Syria, Palestine and most of Mesopotamia from the Sassanids

  • Nov 14, 640

    conquered Byzantine, Egypt and North Africa

  • Nov 14, 650

    Quran begins to be put together

  • Nov 14, 651

    Took over the Sassanids and extended domain to Persia

  • Nov 14, 651

    Umayyad dynasty begins

  • Nov 14, 656

    Ali Bakr is the fourth caliph

  • Nov 14, 664

    Xuanzang dies (Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar who recorded interactions between India and China during the early Tang dynasty)

  • Nov 14, 711

    conquers parts of India (Sind in the northwestern India)

  • Nov 14, 740

    Abu-al Abbas seizes control, putting an end to the Umayyad dynasty

  • Nov 14, 750

    Abbasid dynasty begins

  • Nov 14, 755

    An Lushan’s (a general) rebellion against the Tang dynasty begins

  • Nov 14, 757

    An Lushan’s rebellion ends

  • Nov 14, 1000

    Muslim Incursion as a result of infighting between the Rajputs

  • Nov 14, 1024

    paper money begins to be issued by the government

  • Nov 14, 1025

    Mahmud Ghazni led a series of attacks, marched an army across the desert from Multan, destroyed Hindu temples and architecture

  • Nov 14, 1050

    the Saljuqs control the Abbasid dynasty

  • Nov 14, 1193

    Muslim invaders capture Delhi

  • Nov 14, 1206

    Genghis Khan becomes ruler of the Mongols

  • Nov 14, 1207

    Khan expands empire to Xi Xia and Northern China under the Jin dynasty

  • Nov 14, 1211

    Slave dynasty (originated from a member of the Turkish army)

  • Nov 14, 1219

    invades the Khwarzin dynasty

  • Nov 14, 1221

    Pax Mongolica begins (peaceful time under the rule of Yassa, which is Mongol law, filled with religious tolerance)

  • Nov 14, 1221

    destroy the Tangut dynasty of Xi Xia

  • Nov 14, 1227

    Genghis Khan dies, heir is Ogedei (his third son)

  • Nov 14, 1230

    defeats the Jin dynasty with help from the Song dynasty. Forces begin spreading into Europe, China, and Russia

  • Nov 14, 1241

    Ogedei dies

  • Nov 14, 1246

    His son, Guyuk, becomes Great Khan, He expands into Song China, Iraq, and the Korean peninsula

  • Nov 14, 1248

    Guyuk dies, and Mongke Khan (another one of Genghis Khan’s grandsons) becomes ruler

  • Nov 14, 1258

    Baghdad is captured while Hulagu Khan is leading them

  • Nov 14, 1259

    Mongke Khan dies

  • Nov 14, 1264

    Kublai Khan becomes the Great Khan

  • Nov 14, 1336

    Vijayanagara empire founded by Harihara and Bukka, two brothers who rebelled against Islam

  • Nov 14, 1368

    Ming Dynasty claims China once more, and the Mongol dynasty ends

  • Nov 14, 1398

    violent arrival of Timur (Mongol ruler)

  • Cholas reached height of empire, able to extend their empire all the way to Sri Lanka

  • establishment of Hindu empire, the Cholas, (southern India)

  • Sui Dynasty ends

  • Tang Dynasty began

  • Reign of Tang Taizong ends

  • Huang Chao’s (well educated, salt smuggler) rebellion against the Tang Dynasty begins

  • Huang Chao’s rebellion ends

  • Tang Dynasty ends

  • Song Dynasty began and Song Taizu’s reign began

  • Song Taizu’s reign ends

  • hadiths begin to be put together, and early versions of the Quran begin to appear

  • Persian noble family seizes Baghdad and established power behind the Abbasid throne