Kangju (Han)

This article is about the specific polity Kangju (Han) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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The Han empire brought the state of Kangju, located in Transoxiana, into tributary submission between 108 and 101 BC.

Establishment

January 100 BC: The Han empire brought the state of Kangju into tributary submission between 108 and 101 BC.

Chronology

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1. Han-Xiongnu War

Was a series of military battles fought between the Han Empire and the nomadic Xiongnu confederation.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 51: The Kushans returned to Margiana in the 1st century AD and helped the satrap Sanabares declare himself king who ruled from ca. 50 AD.

January 92: Han Dynasty general Ban Chao, with the aid of the Kushan Empire, was able to subdue the regions of Kashgar and Sogdiana.

January 436: A local Iranian dynasty of Sogdian origin ruled the Ushrusana region from an unknown date to 892. The emergence of the state in Ustrushan probably dates back to the 4th century . In 435, Ustrushana is mentioned in Chinese sources as Cao.

January 476: In the second half of the fifth century, the Hephtalites controlled the deserts of Turkmenistan as far as the Caspian Sea and possibly Merv.