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2 SHARED EVENTSKazakhstan

Entangled histories

2 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · CHN LEFT · KAZ RIGHT

1. 10th–12th centuries

   Silk Road towns of the south flourish

   Caravan cities such as Otrar, Taraz, Sauran, and Yasi prosper on the trade between China and the Mediterranean, becoming centres of commerce, craft, and Islamic learning along the southern Kazakh steppe.

   Economy & Trade · from the Kazakhstan chronicle · The Saka and the Turkic Steppe · REFS 2 — History of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan

2. 1771

   Ablai Khan elected ruler of the Kazakhs

   Ablai (Abylai) is elected khan of the Kazakhs and balances between the Russian and Qing empires to preserve a degree of independence; he endures as a national symbol of Kazakh sovereignty.

   Politics & Power · from the Kazakhstan chronicle · The Russian Conquest of the Steppe · REFS 2 — Abylai the King: A Warrior, Diplomat and Patriot, History of Kazakhstan