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Tang dynasty
empire in the China proper between 618 and 907 AD

Sogdia
Sogdia () or Sogdiana was an ancient Iranian civilization between the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya rivers, and in present-day Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Sogdiana was also a province of the Achaemenid Empire, and listed on the Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great. Sogdiana was first conquered by Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, and then was annexed by the Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great in 328 BC. It would continue to change hands under the Seleucid Empire, the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, the Kushan Empire, the Sasanian Empire, th
Battle of Talas
751 battle between the Abbasid Caliphate and the Chinese Tang dynasty
An Lushan Rebellion
rebellion against the Tang dynasty of China in 755 C.E
Protectorate General to Pacify the East
Tang dynasty colony/protectorate
Annam
historical protectorate of China in northern Vietnam
Yangzhou massacre
Tang Dynasty massacr of foreign merchants
Treatise on Astrology of the Kaiyuan Era
Chinese astrology encyclopedia
Sino-Tibetan Peace Treaty of 783
peace treaty between China and Tibet about the Silk Road, signed on 783
Battle of Suiyang
8th-century battle during the An Lushan Rebellion