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Thursday, July 8, 2021

Basic timeline of Afghanistan

This post is a basic timeline of Afghanistan. There are 44 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

Indus Valley Civilization (3300 - 1300 BC)
Gandhara Kingdom (1500 - 535 BC)
Kamboja Kingdom (700 - 300 BC)
Achaemenid Empire (550 - 330 BC)
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC)
Alexander the Great and Macedonia invade Afghanistan (330 BC)
Maurya Empire (322 - 184 BC)
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (256 - 125 BC)
Indo-Greek Kingdom (180 BC - 10 AD)
Indo-Scythian Kingdom (150 BC - 300 CE)
Indo-Parthian Kingdom (19 - 226 AD)
Kushan Empire (30 - 375 AD)
Sasanian Empire (224 - 651 AD)
Kidara Huns (320 - 467 AD)
Alchon Huns (370 - 670 AD)
Nezak Huns (484 - 665 AD)
Hephthalites (5th century - 8th century AD)
Turk Shahis (665 - 870 AD)
Samanid Empire (819 - 999 AD)
Hindu Shahi (850 - 1026 AD)
Saffarid dynasty (861 - 1003 AD)
Ghurid dynasty (9th century - 1215 AD)
Ghaznavid Empire (977 - 1186 AD)
Mongol invasion (1221)
Timurid Empire (1370-1507)
Mughal Empire (1526-1857)
Hotak dynasty (1709-1738)
Durrani Empire (1747-1842)
Barakzai dynasty (1823-1973)
First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842)
Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-1880)
Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919)
Kingdom of Afghanistan (1926-1973)
Afghan Civil War (1928-1929)
Afghan tribal revolts (1944-1947)
Republic of Afghanistan (1973-1978)
Saur Revolution (1978)
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978-1992)
Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989)
Islamic State of Afghanistan (1992-2002)
Afghan Civil Wars (1989-2001)
United States and NATO invade Afghanistan (2001 - now)
Transitional Islamic Stat of Afghanistan (2002-2004)
Osama bin Laden is killed in Pakistan (2011)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Afghanistan at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Afghanistan.)