Map of Central Asia & Eastern Mediterranean 334-323 BC |
Alexander's campaigns which led him to the furthest reaches of Central Asia started off in Greece in 334 BC. His route can be followed here, starting from Pella, and using a different colour for each year of his travels, progressing through red, orange-red, mid-orange, light orange, yellow, lime, light green, cyan, and light blue, with the route ending at Susa in 324 BC. Following Alexander's early death his empire broke up into several Hellenic sections which maintained Greek cultural influence across a great span of the ancient world for several centuries. Alexander's immediate successors held no real power, being mere figureheads for the generals who really held control of Alexander's empire. |
Map of Central Asia & India (with Bactria) c.200 BC |
The kingdom of Bactria (shown in white) was at the height of its power around 200-180 BC, with fresh conquests being made in the south-east, encroaching into India just as the Mauryan empire was on the verge of collapse, while around the northern and eastern borders dwelt various tribes which would eventually contribute to the downfall of the Greeks - the Sakas and Tocharians. |
Map of Yuezhi lands & exodus c.203-165 BC |
The Greater Yuezhi were defeated and forced out of the Gansu region by the Xiongnu following a long struggle for dominance of the pasturelands to the north-west of the Han Chinese kingdom, and their migratory route into Central Asia is pretty easy to deduct from the fact that they chose to try and settle in the Ili river valley below Lake Balkhash. |
Map of Central Asia and India c.50 BC |
By the period between 100-50 BC the Greek kingdom of Bactria had fallen and the remaining Indo-Greek territories (shown in white) had been squeezed towards eastern Punjab. India was partially fragmented, and the once-tribal Sakas were coming to the end of a period of domination of a large swathe of territory in modern Afghanistan, Pakistan, and north-western India. The dates within their lands (shown in yellow) show their defeats of Greeks, gaining them those lands, but they were very soon to be overthrown in the north by the Kushans while still battling for survival against the Satvahanas of India. |
Map of Central Asia AD 550-600 |
As was often the case with Central Asian states which had been created by horse-borne warriors on the sweeping steppelands, the Göktürk khaganate swiftly incorporated a vast stretch of territory in its westwards expansion, whilst being hemmed in by the powerful Chinese dynasties to the south-east and Siberia's uninviting tundra to the north. |
Map of Central Asia AD 600-700 |
By the beginning of the seventh century AD, Göktürk power in southern Central Asia was waning, primarily because the khaganate itself had been subjugated by the Tang Chinese. The Sassanids had established a degree of control over the southernmost parts of this region, along with much of South Asia outside India itself, although details are largely obscure. In Sogdiana, divided from Tokharistan by the Iron Gate, and neighbouring Ferghana a patchwork of city states emerged in the late sixth century. This strengthened during the seventh century, with them initially seeming to be interconnected (although poor records may hide levels of discord). As the seventh century went on, though, they became more fractured, fighting one another for superiority and also fighting the sudden appearance of the Umayyad caliphate from the west. The caliphate itself, while trying piecemeal at first to conquer or subjugate, came into conflict with Tang China, which was enjoying one of the country's brief periods of external expansion. The various Chinese protectorates were establish to provide a protective buffer, with that of Anxi perhaps being the biggest and longest-established. The protectorate of Meng-Ch'ih ate into former Göktürk territory, while the Türgish Turks formed the eventual core remnants of western Göktürk power. |
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