Xiongnu raids upset Chinese power in Tarim region.
Death of Jesus Christ. Spread of Christianity begins.
Chinese General Pan Ch'ao defeats Xiongnu
and keeps the peace in the Tarim Basin. The stability of the Silkroad
popularizes the caravan trades into two
routes - north and south.
China sends the first ambassador to Rome from Pan Ch'ao's command,
but he fails to reach Rome.
Graeco-Egyptian geographer, Claudius Ptolemy,
writes his Geography, attempts to map the Silkroad.
Split of the Turkish Kaganate into Eastern and Western Kaganates. Western
Turks move to Central Asia from Mongolian plateau. At the Chinese end
of Central Asia, the Eastern
Turks or Uighurs are in control.
Tang dynasty rules in China. For the first
two centuries, the Silk Road reaches its golden age. China very open to foreign
cultural influences. Buddhism flourishes.
Death of Tamerlane leads to the decline of Mongol power. Ottoman
rises again in the Central Asia.
Ottomans conquer Constantinople.
Gutenberg printing press in use.
China closes the door to foreigners.
Fearing the power of Uighurs, Ming China reduces the trade and
traffic dramatically in the Silkroad. The Silkroad comes to an end for
purposes of silk.