Central Asia and the Steppe (11th–12th c.)

Central Asia and the Eurasian steppe in the age of the Turkic dynasties: the Ghaznavid empire of Mahmud, the Karakhanids and the Islamization of the Tarim Basin, the rise of the Seljuks, the first Islamic literature in Turkic, the Cuman migration to the Black Sea steppes and, in the 12th century, the Qara Khitai and the Khwarazmshahs on the eve of the Mongol conquest.

7 events · 3 regions · Central and Northern Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Egypt

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Events

• The Karakhanids conquer Buddhist Khotanbetween 1006 and 1007 · Central and Northern Asia
• Reign of Mahmud of Ghazni998 – 30 April 1030 · Central and Northern Asia
• Battle of Dandanaqan23 May 1040 · Central and Northern Asia
• The Kara-Khanid Khanate splits into western and eastern khanatesbetween 1040 and 1042 · Central and Northern Asia
• The Cumans reach the Black Sea steppes and the borders of Rus’between 1054 and 1055 – between 1061 and 1062 · Eastern Europe
• Yusuf Balasaguni completes the Kutadgu Biligbetween 1069 and 1070 · Central and Northern Asia
• Mahmud al-Kashgari compiles the Dīwān Lughāt al-Turkbetween 1072 and 1077 · Middle East and Egypt

Key participants

Sources

1. Wikipedia (English): Kara-Khanid Khanate
2. Wikipedia (English): Ghaznavid Empire
3. Wikipedia (English): Seljuk Empire
4. Wikipedia (Russian): Караханидское государство
5. Wikipedia (Russian): Газневиды
6. Barthold W. Turkestan down to the Mongol Invasion. — 3rd ed. / Ed. C. E. Bosworth. — London: Luzac, 1968. — (E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Series. N. S.; 5).
7. Bosworth C. E. The Ghaznavids: Their Empire in Afghanistan and Eastern Iran, 994–1040. — Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1963.

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