This page gathers the historic cities, events and structures located within the modern borders of Kazakhstan, and the civilizations that ruled this geography. Locations are matched to the data on the interactive map.
Civilizations that ruled these lands (6)
Historic cities (9)
- Otrar (Farab) · 1 CE
- Turkistan (Yasi) · 500 CE
- Otrar · 600 CE
- Suyab · 600 CE
- Yangikent · 775 CE
- Sygnak · 1000 CE
- Shymkent · 1000 CE
- Astana · 1830 CE
- Almaty · 1854 CE
Events on this geography (62)
- 1954 CEKengir uprising
- 2011 CE2011 Zhanaozen riots
- 2016 CE2016 Aktobe shootings
- 4000 BCEHorse Domestication
- 3700 BCEHorse Domestication
- 1600 BCEHorse Domestication Spread in Warfare
- 1500 BCEHorse Riding Applied to Warfare
- 1200 BCEComposite Recurve Bow — Steppe Weapon
- 552 CEIstemi's Western Campaign — Central Asia Conquered
- 1070 CEYusuf Khass Hajib & Kutadgu Bilig
- 1150 CEAhmad Yasawi & Divan-i Hikmet
- 1405 CEThe Death of Timur and the Fragmentation of His Empire
- 1405 CETimur's Death on the China Campaign (Otrar)
- 1957 CELaunch of Sputnik (Start of the Space Race)
- 1957 CE1957 Sputnik 1 Launch
- 1961 CEYuri Gagarin Space Flight
- 1961 CE1961 Gagarin First Human in Space
- 1991 CEIndependence of Kazakhstan
- 1991 CEIndependence of Turkic Republics
- 2011 CE2011 Aktobe bombing
- 2000 BCEAndronovo Culture Expansion
- 1800 BCEAndronovo Proto-Indo-Iranian Branch
- 1100 BCEIron Metallurgy Reaches the Steppe
- 500 BCESarmatian Advance into Pontic Steppe
- 500 BCESarmatian Female Warriors — Amazon Myth Origin
- 500 BCEYurt Portable Architecture Maturation
- 500 BCESteppe Shamanism — Fire Cult and Tengri
- 115 BCEWusun-Han Alliance Against Xiongnu
- 56 BCEZhizhi Chanyu Flees West to Kangju
- 569 CEByzantine Zemarchus Visits the Türk Khagan
- 910 CEAl-Farabi
- 940 CEAl-Farabi, the Second Teacher
- 1890 CEAbai Qunanbaiuly
- 1986 CEJeltoqsan Uprising
- 1990 CEAral Sea Disaster
- 1998 CE1998 International Space Station
- 5500 BCEThe Kelteminar Culture: Settlement on the Shores of the Aral Sea
- 4500 BCEThe Establishment of the Sheep-Herding Economy on the Steppe
- 3700 BCEThe Domestication of the Horse in the Botai Culture
- 3500 BCEKumis: The Birth of a Culture of Fermented Mare's Milk
- 3000 BCEThe Formation of the Steppe–South Trade Network
- 2500 BCEThe Transition to the Bronze Age on the Steppe: The Sintashta-Andronovo Period
- 2000 BCEThe Andronovo Culture: Archaeological Forerunner of the Silk Road
- 2000 BCEKurgan Tradition Social Hierarchy
- 1800 BCEThe Maturation of Horse Riding in Andronovo Society
- 1800 BCEHorse Sacrifice and the Ancestor Cult in Andronovo
- 1500 BCEThe Origin of Steppe Animal-Style Art
- 1150 BCEAndronovo Culture Dissolution
- 1000 BCESteppe Tamga/Brand System
- 500 BCESteppe Dog-Horse Culture: Hunt, War, Cargo
- 500 BCEKumiss (Fermented Mare's Milk) Culture
- 500 BCEFelt Textile Art of the Steppe
- 300 BCECentral Asia Multilingual Contact Zone
- 250 BCEWusun Confederation Formation
- 107 BCEPrincess Liu Xijun Sent to Wusun
- 50 CEWusun Decline and Division
- 699 CEThe Türgesh Khaganate: Resistance to the Umayyads
- 766 CEThe Karluks Settle in Zhetysu and Rise to Power
- 1917 CEAlash Autonomy
- 1997 CECapital moved to Astana
- 2010 CEInternational Turkic Academy
- 2017 CEKazakh Latin Alphabet Transition
Architectural sites (2)
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- Which civilizations lived on the lands of Kazakhstan?
- Göktürk Khaganate, Kara-Khanid Khanate, Kazakh Khanate, Kazakhstan, Oghuz Turks, Timurid Empire.
- What are the oldest historic cities on the lands of Kazakhstan?
- Otrar (Farab) (1 CE), Turkistan (Yasi) (500 CE), Otrar (600 CE), Suyab (600 CE), Yangikent (775 CE), Sygnak (1000 CE).
- How many historic cities are within the modern borders of Kazakhstan?
- 9 historic cities are recorded within the borders of Kazakhstan.