Download Central and Northern Asia: A.D. 301-400 - Jack E. Maxfeld and more Study notes History in PDF only on Docsity! Connexions module: m17826 1 Central and Northern Asia: A.D. 301 to 400 ∗ Jack E. Max eld This work is produced by The Connexions Project and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License † 1 CENTRAL ASIA Back to Central and Northern Asia: A.D. 201 to 3001 In this century the Persians continued to rule and populate both Afghanistan and Turkistan, introducing Zorastrianism to the area. In 371 the Ephthalites (White Huns2) invaded the upper Oxus (ancient Bactria) but the Persian Shapur II came to an understanding with them and subsequently these people actually guarded this part of the Persian domain. It was apparently a sharpening of the climate in this part of the world which forced the nomadic tribes to other pastures toward the end of this 4th century. Rather than go east against strong China, even after the fall of the Han Dynasty, many of the Huns turned west, riding bony, rough haired, small headed horses with short, strong legs, needing little water and covering over 60 miles a day. (See footnote on previous page). As we have seen in the paragraphs above, other peoples were ahead of them, in the greatest mass migrations known, before or since. (Ref. 333) Up through this century Tibet was divided into 13 principalities with war continually raging between them. (Ref. 2724) Forward to Central and Northern Asia: A.D. 401 to 5005 Choose Dierent Region 1. Intro to Era6 2. Africa7 3. Central and Northern Asia8 4. Europe9 5. The Far East10 ∗Version 1.2: Oct 14, 2008 10:53 pm GMT-5 †http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ 1"Central and Northern Asia: A.D. 201 to 300" <http://cnx.org/content/m17838/latest/> 2See footnote under IRAN, 5th century C.E. 3"A Comprehensive Outline of World History: Bibliography", reference [33] <http://cnx.org/content/m17805/latest/#threethree> 4"A Comprehensive Outline of World History: Bibliography", reference [272] <http://cnx.org/content/m17805/latest/#twoseventwo> 5"Central and Northern Asia: A.D. 401 to 500" <http://cnx.org/content/m17837/latest/> 6"300 to 201 B.C." <http://cnx.org/content/m17699/latest/> 7"Africa: 300 to 201 B.C." <http://cnx.org/content/m17734/latest/> 8"Central and Northern Asia: 300 to 201 B.C." <http://cnx.org/content/m17818/latest/> 9"Europe: 300 to 201 B.C." <http://cnx.org/content/m17849/latest/> 10"The Far East: 300 to 201 B.C." <http://cnx.org/content/m17897/latest/> http://cnx.org/content/m17826/1.2/
