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Afghanistan Timeline 1 of 7 - Timeline Help
Afghanistan timeline 1 of 7 from 50,000 BC to 1689 at Timeline Help. First the
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facts:
Afghanistan is a southwestern Asian country bounded by China, Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The capital city is Kabul. In the past centuries Afghanistan was the trade crossroads of Central Asia. The Pashtuns and the Hazara are the largest ethnic groups. Every day we hear about Afghanistan in the news bulletins. Most of the time bad and sad stories in a land full of mountains, valleys and deserts. It makes me curious about the roots of the people, the history of the country. I researched all | developments in the ancient, the monarchy period, the decade of the Soviet invasion, the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban regime, the invasion of the U.S and allied forces in 2001, and the era till present day. And here it is: a seven part Afghanistan timeline.
- 50,000-20,000 BC
- 3000-2000 BC
- 2000-1500 BC
- 600 BC
- 522-486 BC
- 329-326
- 323 BC
- 312-260 BC
- 170-160 BC
- 135 BC-241 CE
- 50-220
- 300-400
- 400
- 425-550
- 550
- 652
- 962-1030
- 1030
- 1140-86
- 1219-21
- 1273
- 1332-70
- 1370-04
- 1451
- 1504-19
- 1520-79
- 1613-89
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Stone age human civilization in what we now call the north of Afghanistan.
Ancient Afghanistan emerges as an important crossroads between Mesopotamia and other ancient eastern and western civilizations.
Early urban economic centers in Deh Morasi Ghundai and Mundigak.
Founding of the city of Kabul. Iron age civilization.
The prophet Zoroaster (or Zarathustra) introduces Zoroastrianism, a monotheistic religion which worships fire.
Darius the Great expands the Persian empire into Afghanistan.
Afghans engaged in tribal revolts and persistent resistance. There is much more resistance in this Afghanistan timeline ...
Alexander the Great conquers Afghanistan and Persia.
Greecs rule Bactria or Graeco-Bactrian, Northern Afghanistan.
The Seleucids empire.
Bactrian-Parthian era.
Kushan nomads conquer Northern Afghanistan and conquered Bactria.
Buddhist doctrine starts to flourish.
The Kushan empire of King Kanishka.
Buddhas of Bamiyan statues built in the Bamiyan Valley.
The White Huns or Hephthalites invade Afghanistan.
The Yaftalee rule in Afghanistan.
Persian forces reconquer Afghanistan.
Afghan tribes revolt.
Arab conquerors introduce Islam in Afghanistan.
The Islamic Ghaznavid empire.
The ruler of the Ghaznavid empire Sultan Mahmud Ghazni dies.
Ghurid incursions into India.
Mongol Ghengis Khan invades Afghanistan.
Marco Polo crossed Northern Afghanistan traveling from Italy to China.
Ghurids reassert control.
Tamerlane or Timour-i-Lang rules.
Afghan Buhlul invades Delhi, India.
India's Moghul dynasty of Babur rules and introduces Hinduism.
Afghan nationalist Bayazid Roshan struggles for independence from the Moghul rulers.
Afghan Khushhal Khan Khattak revolts against the Moghul rulers.
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Bibliography of the Afghanistan Timeline
Ewans, M (2002). Short History of Its People and Politics.
Tanner, S (2003). Military History from Alexander the Great to the Fall of the Taliban.
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