The beginnings
The Kok Turks, the Chinese expansion, and the Arab conquest
The Samanids
The Uighur kingdom of Qocho
The Qarakhanids
Seljukids and Ghaznavids
The conquering Mongols
The Chaghatayids
9. Timur and the Timurids
The last Timurids and the first Uzbeks
The Shaybanids
The rise of Russia, the fall of the Golden Horde, and the resilient Chaghatayids
The Buddhist Mongols
Bukhara, Khiva, and Khoqand in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries
The Russian conquest and rule of Central Asia
From Governorates-General to Union Republics
Soviet Central Asia
Central Asia becomes independent
Sinkiang as part of China
Independent Central Asian Republics
The Republic of Mongolia
App. 1.: Dynastic tables
App. 2.: Country data.