| ca. 320–480 | 1030 |
| Gupta Empire in India | Turks control north India |
| ca. 380–450 | ca. 1100–1200 |
| Life of India’s greatest poet, Kalidasa | Buddhism declines in India |
| ca. 450 | ca. 1200–1300 |
| Huns invade northern India | Easter Island society’s most prosperous period |
| ca. 500 | 1206 |
| Srivijaya gains control of Strait of Malacca | Temujin proclaimed Chinggis Khan; Mongol language recorded; Delhi sultanate established |
| ca. 500–1400 | ca. 1240 |
| India’s medieval age; caste system reaches its mature form | The Secret History of the Mongols |
| 552 | 1276 |
| Turks rebel against Rouruan and rise to power in Central Asia | Mongol conquest of Song China |
| ca. 780 | ca. 1300 |
| Borobudur temple complex begun in Srivijaya | Plague begins to spread throughout Mongol Empire |
| 802–1432 | 1398 |
| Khmer Empire of Cambodia | Timur takes control of the Delhi sultanate |
| ca. 850–1250 | |
| Kingdom of the Uighurs | |