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The Russian Empire began to expand into Asia from the 17th century, and would eventually take control of all of Siberia and most of Central Asia by the end of the 19th century. The Ottoman Empire controlled Anatolia, the Middle East, North Africa and the Balkans from the 16th century onwards.
Japan at this time fell into feudal civil war known as the Sengoku Jidai which persisted for over a century and a half. At the turn of the 16th century European merchants and missionaries traveled to East Asia by sea for the first time. The Portuguese established a colony in Macau, China and attempted to Christianize Japan.
South Asian Stone Age (until c. 3300 BCE) South Asian Stone Age (until c. 1100 BCE) ... Maratha Empire and British Colonisation - Company rule in India: 18th century:
This is a timeline of Chinese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in China and its dynasties. To read about the background to these events, see History of China. See also the list of Chinese monarchs, Chinese emperors family tree, dynasties of China and years in China.
Benin Empire: 1180: 1897: 717 Bogd Khanate of Mongolia/Great Mongolian State 1911 1924 7 (broken up from 1915 to 1921) Bornu Empire: 1380: 1893: 513 Empire of Brazil: 1822: 1889: 67 Britannic Empire: 286: 296: 10 British Empire: 1583: 1997: 414 Bruneian Empire: 1368: 1888: 520 Bukhara Empire: 1501: 1785: 284 Bulgarian Empire (Great Bulgaria ...
Achaemenid Empire (549–330 BC) (also called the First Persian Empire and known in its time period just as The Empire) Part of the Empire of Alexander the Great (330–323 BC) Disputed between the diadochi (323–315 BC) Atropatene (323 BC – 226 AD) Part of the dominions of the Antigonid dynasty (315–312) Part of the Seleucid Empire (312 ...
The scroll traces the course of human history from 4004 BC to 1883 using time lines, flow charts, and family trees that encompass settlements, countries, empires and civilizations around the world, from Babylon, Sparta, and China to Italy, Russia, and Wales.
Ancient history in Asia is usually taken to include Southwest Asia. The Ancient Near East; History of Iran, from Elam to the Persian Empire; South Asia. Ancient India, from the Indus Valley civilization to Iron Age India; Middle kingdoms of India, from the Maurya Empire to the Gupta Empire; For southern India, History of South India#Ancient period