Asia's chronologies

Asia's chronologies for the period from ca. 200 till ca. 1200 CE.

Arabian Peninsula (successive periods)

  • Rightly Guided Caliphs in Arabia 632 - 661 CE [1]
  • Umayad Caliphate 661 - 750 CE [1]
  • Abbasid Caliphate 749 - 1248 CE [1]

Burma (successive/parallel periods)

  • Arakan-Wethali 788 -1018 CE [2]
  • First Pingtsa 1018 -1103 CE [2]
  • Parin 1103 - 1167 CE [2]
  • Khyit 1167 - 1180 CE [2]
  • Second Pingtsa 1180 - 1237 CE [2]
  • Kingdom of Pagan c. 900 - 1325 CE [2]

Byzantium (successive periods)

  • Phocas (non-dynastic emperor) 602 - 610 CE [1]
  • Heraclian Dynasty 610 - 711 CE [1]
  • Non-dynastic emperors (Philippicus Bardanes, Anasthasius II, Theodosius II) 711 - 717 CE [1]
  • Syrian Dynasty 717 - 802 CE [1]
  • Non-dynastic emperors (Nicephorus I, Stauracius, Michael I, Leo V) 802 - 820 CE [1]
  • Phrygian Dynasty 820 - 867 CE [1]
  • Macedonian Dynasty 867 - 1056 CE [1]

Cambodia (successive periods)

  • Chen-La Kingdom mid 6th century CE - late 8th century CE [2]
  • Khmer Kingdom c. 890 - 1432 CE [2]

Central Asia (parallel periods)

  • Sogdian states c. 2nd - 8th century CE [1]
  • Western Turks c. 5th - 7th century CE [1]

China (successive/parallel periods)

  • Han Dynasty 202 BCE - 220 CE [3]
  • Western Han Dynasty 206 BCE - 24 CE [14]
  • Eastern (Later) Han Dynasty 25 - 220 CE [2][14]
  • The Three Kingdoms 220 - 265 [2]
  • Wei Dynasty 220 - 265 CE [3]
  • Jin Dynasty 265 - 420 CE [3]
  • Western Jin 265–316 CE [12]
  • Eastern Jin 317–420 CE [12]
  • Northern and Southern Empires 266 - 589 CE [2]
  • The Southern Dynasties 266 - 589 CE [2]
  • Liu Song 420-479 CE [16]
  • Southern Qi 479-502 CE [16]
  • Liang aka The Southern Liang Dynasty 502-557 CE [4][16]
  • Chen 557-589 CE [16]
  • The Sixteen Kingdoms of the Five Barbarians 304 - 439 CE [2]
  • The Five Northern Dynasties 386 - 581 CE [2][16]
  • Northern Wei 386-554 CE [16]
  • Eastern Wei 534-550 CE [16]
  • Western Wei 535-557 CE [16]
  • Northern Qi 550-577 CE [16]
  • Northern Zhou 557-581 CE [16]
  • The Western Liang 555 - 587 CE [4]
  • Sui Dynasty 589 - 618 CE [1]
  • Tang Dynasty 618 - 907 CE [1]
  • Five Dynasties 907 - 960 CE [1]
  • Later Liang Dynasty 907–923 CE [11]
  • Later Tang Dynasty 923–936 CE [11]
  • Later Jin Dynasty 936–947 CE [11]
  • Later Han Dynasty 947–951 or 979 CE, depending on whether Northern Han is considered part of the dynasty) [11]
  • Later Zhou Dynasty 951–960 CE [11]
  • Liao Dynasty 907 - 1125 CE [1]
  • Tartar Dynasties - Liao (Khitan) Dynasty 907 - 1125 CE [2]
  • Tartar Dynasties - Hsi-Hsia (Tangut) State 990 - 1227 CE [2]
  • Sung Dynasty, 960 - 1126 CE [2]
  • Tartar Dynasties - Northern Liao (Khitan) Dynasty 1122 - 1123 CE [2]
  • Tartar Dynasties - Western Liao (Qara - Khitaï) Dynasty 1125 - 1218 CE [2]
  • Tartar Dynasties - Kin/Chin (Jurchen) Dynasty 1115 - 1234 CE [2]
  • Southern Sung Dynasty, 1127 - 1279 CE [2]

India (successive/parallel periods)

  • Maurya Empire (322 BC–185 BC) [17]
  • Kushans, c. 20 BC - c. 260 CE [2]
  • Guptas, c. 320 - 550 CE [2]
  • Deccan, Carnatic, & Maharashtra 543 - 1317 CE [2]
  • Vardhanas of Thanesar c. 500 - 647 [2]
  • The Later Guptas c. 550 - 700 CE [2]
  • Chalukas of Vatapi c. 543 - 973 [2]
  • Kârkotas of Kashmir, 711 - 810 CE [2]
  • Gurjara - Pratîhâras of Ujjain & Dantidurga 725 - 1017 CE [2]
  • Chalukas of Kalyani c. 973 - 1156 [2]
  • Ghaznavid Dynasty 977 - 1186 CE [1]
  • Chola Kingdom c. 486 - 1279 [2]

Japan (successive periods)

  • The Legendary Period 660 BCE - 539 CE [2]
  • The Historical Period 539 - 645 CE [2]
  • Yamato 645 - 711 CE [2]
  • Nara 711 - 793 CE [2]
  • Heian 793 - 1186 CE [2]
  • Kamakura 1186 - 1336 CE [2]

Korea (successive/parallel periods)

  • Silla 57 BCE - 540 CE [2]
  • Buddhist Silla 535 - 681 CE [2]
  • Silla/Paekche/Koguryo 681 CE - 924 CE [2]
  • Koryo/Goryeo [924 - 1231 CE [2]

Kushan Empire (successive rulers from 30 CE till 375 CE)

  • Kujula Kadphises (ca. 30 CE – ca. 80 CE) [5]
  • Vima Taktu or Sadashkana (ca. 80 – ca. 95) [5]
  • Vima Kadphises (ca. 95 – ca. 127) [5]
  • Kanishka I (ca. 127 – ca. 140) [5]
  • Vāsishka (ca. 140 – ca. 160) [5]
  • Huvishka (ca. 160 – ca. 190) [5]
  • Vasudeva I (ca. 190 – ca. 230) [5]
  • Invasion of the Sassanids of Persia and the establishment of the Indo-Sassanids or Kushanshahs from around 240 AD.[5]
  • Kanishka II (225–245) [6]
  • Vāsishka (ca. 247–265) [7]
  • Kanishka III (ruled shortly ca. 268 CE) [8]
  • Shaka I (325-345) [9]
  • Kipunada (350–375) [5]
  • Invasion of Guptas of India 375 [5]

Muslim Mesopotamia (successive/parallel periods)

  • Abbasid Caliphate 749 - 1248 CE [1]
  • Buyid Dynasty 945 - 1055 CE [10]
  • Seljuk Dynasty 1055 - 11194 CE [10]
  • Zangid Dynasty 1122 - 1222 CE [10]

Persia, Afghanistan and Transoxiana (successive/parallel periods)

  • Parthian or Arsacid Empire 247 BCE – 224 CE [13]
  • Sassanian Dynasty 224 - 651 CE [1]
  • Saffarid Dynasty 867 - 908 CE [1]
  • Tahirid Dynasty 821 - 873 CE [1]
  • Samanid Dynasty 875 - 999 CE [1]
  • Ghaznavid Dynasty 977 - 1186 CE [1]

Thailand [Siam] (successive periods)

  • Dvaravati civilisation - 7th century to the 10th century CE [15]
  • Ayutthaya period - 1351 to 1767 [15]
  • Thonburi and Bangkok period - 1769 to 1932 [15]

Vietnam [Annam, Nam Viet, Dai Viet] (successive periods)

  • [Chinese] Han Dynasty 111 BCE - 544 CE [2]
  • [Vietnamese] Early Li (Ly) Dynasty [544 - 603 CE [2]
  • [Chinese] Sui Dynasty 603 - 939 CE [2]
  • [Vietnamese] Ngo Dynasty 939 - 965 CE [2]
  • Dinh Dynasty 968 - 981 CE [2]
  • Early Le Dynasty 981- 1009 CE [2]
  • Later Li (Ly) Dynasty 1010 -1072 CE [2]
  • Later Le Dynasty 1072- 1225 CE [2]

Vietnam [Champa] (successive periods)

  • Champa I Dynasty 192 - 336 CE [2]
  • Champa II Dynasty 336 - c 420 CE [2]
  • Champa III Dynasty c. 420 - c 529 CE [2]
  • Champa IV Dynasty c. 529 - c. 758 CE [2]
  • Champa V Dynasty c. 758 - 875 CE [2]
  • Champa VI Dynasty 875 - 989 CE [2]
  • Champa VII Dynasty c. 990 - 1044 CE [2]

Sources:

[1] Tucker (2003:371-372).
[2] Kelley (2010).
[3] Roth, Kristen and Mimi LAI. 2004. Interactive Timeline - Chinese 110, Cultural Traditions of China. Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA. [www.wellesley.edu/Chinese/Chin110/Timeline/timeline_han.html]
[4] Liang Dynasty - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liang_Dynasty
[5] Kushan Empire - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushan_Empire
[6] Kanishka II - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanishka_II
[7] Vasishka - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasishka
[8] Kanishka III - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanishka_III
[9] Shaka I - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka_I
[10] Baumer (2006:318-319).
[11] Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Dynasties_and_Ten_Kingdoms_Period
[12] Jin Dynasty (265–420) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_Dynasty_(265–420)
[13] Parthian Empire (247 BC–224 AD) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthian_Empire
[14] Western Han (206 BC - 24 AD), the Eastern Han (25 AD - 220 AD) http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/han/eastern.htm
[15] History of Thailand - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Thailand
[16] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_dynasties
[17] Maurya Empire (322 BC–185 BC) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurya_Empire
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