Buryats
Buryats appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Eastern Siberia and the Far East (Central and North Asia) from c. 1200 CE to the present, a span of 825 years. Its people spoke Mongolic languages (Mongol, Khitan, Oirat).
Mongol herders around Lake Baikal, among the forest peoples who submitted to Genghis Khan in 1207. They resisted Russian forts in the 17th century and adopted Tibetan Buddhism in the 18th.
See Buryats on the interactive timeline
Facts
- Dates
- c. 1200 CE to the present
- Duration
- 825 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- Eastern Siberia and the Far East, Central and North Asia
- Language family
- Mongolic
Events in Central and North Asia during its time
- Temujin proclaimed Genghis Khan
- Mongols sack Bukhara and Samarkand
- Ulugh Beg's observatory
- Altan Khan names the Dalai Lama
- Yermak takes Sibir
- Treaty of Nerchinsk
- Destruction of the Dzungars
- Russia captures Tashkent
Neighbours in Central and North Asia
- Mongol Empire
- Timurid Empire
- Soviet Union
- Uyghur Kingdom of Qocho
- Kazakh Khanate
- Kara-Khanid Khanate
- Russian Siberia
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Northern Yuan
- Golden Horde
Elsewhere in the world at the same time
- Republic of Venice
- Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Swahili city-states
- Ghana Empire (Wagadu)
- Holy Roman Empire
- Srivijaya
- Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty)
- Khmer Empire
- Ottoman Empire
Questions
When did Buryats exist?
c. 1200 CE to the present, about 825 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.
Where was Buryats?
Eastern Siberia and the Far East, in Central and North Asia.
What language did Buryats speak?
Mongolic. This family includes Mongol, Khitan, Oirat.