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Asian History

  • 31 BC


    Establishment of Goguryeo
    Founding

    The Goguryeo dynasty establishes itself in the region north of the Chosun Peninsula.

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  • 5 BC


    Harnessing of Vesanmer by Goguryeo
    Discovery, Scientific

    A Goguryeo inventor harnesses the power of vesanmer and uses that to spread the empire throughout East Asia

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    Vesanmer
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  • 613 AD

    618 AD


    Gyeongpo Revolt
    Military action

    General Ch'ang Sang Min leads a revolt against the unstable Goguryeo.

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    Chosun
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  • 945 AD


    Establishment of Luan Dynasty
    Political event

    General Jia Li leads an uprising against the Gyeongpo as well as the rival warlords in the region and brings them all under his new Luan Dynasty.

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    Chosun
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  • 1248 AD


    Establishment of Joseon Dynasty
    Political event

    A general from Hanseong overthrows the Luan Dynasty while they were distracted with the Mongols.

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    Chosun
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  • 1253 AD

    1256 AD


    William of Rubruck's journey to Asia
    Expedition

    The monk travelled to Central Asia and brought back Penitentism

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    Arbitrium Church
  • 1354 AD


    Ibn Battuta takes Pathstones to Chosun
    Expedition

    Marinid explorer Ibn Battuta journeys to the east and takes with him the technology of inscribing on pathstones.

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    Chosun
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  • 1601 AD

    June

    Completion of the Cairene Canal
    Construction beginning/end

    The Cairene Canal opens in Venetian Egypt, facilitating trade between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean

    Location
    Cairo
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    Cairene Canal
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