Silk princess painting
AD 600-800 · Resource
A painted wooden votive panel from Dandan Oilik near Khotan, depicting the legend of a Chinese princess who smuggled silkworms to the kingdom. It captures the transfer of silk technology along the Silk Road.
On these timelines: British Museum, Resources: Combined
Around 700
- Hijra (622)
- Tang dynasty (618)
- Arab conquest of the Maghreb (647)
- Muhammad's first revelation (610)
- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Death of Muhammad (632)
- Islamic Golden Age (750)
- Abbasid Caliphate founded (750)
- Battle of Yarmouk (636)
- Fall of the Sasanian Empire (651)