Appendix: Xinjiang Historical Timeline

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. List of Maps and Figures ix
5. Preface and Acknowledgements xi
6. Preface to the Revised and Updated Edition xxi
7. 1. Ancient Encounters (earliest times–8th century) 1
8. 2. Central Eurasia Ascendant (9th–16th centuries) 39
9. 3. Between Islam and China (16th–19th centuries) 77
10. 4. Between Empire and Nation (late 19th–early 20th century) 123
11. 5. Between China and the Soviet Union (1910s–1940s) 175
12. 6. In the People’s Republic of China (1950s–1980s) 231
13. 7. Between China and the World (1990s–2000s) 279
14. 8. Colonialism, Assimilationism and Ethnocide (2000s–2020s) 363
15. Appendix: Xinjiang Historical Timeline 405
16. General Bibliography 415
17. Index 447