1243
Mongol invasion of Asia Minor
1281
Founding of the Ottoman dynasty
1334
Death of the 1st Safavid Sufi master at Ardabil
1350s
Ottoman invasion of Europe
1402
Timur's invasion
1450s
Shi'a influences enter Safavid teachings.
1453
Beginning of large-scale recruitment of Janissary troops./Ottoman Captur Constatinople.
1501-1510
Safavid conquest of Persia.
1507
Portuguese victory over Ottoman Arab fleet at Diu in Indian Ocean.
1514
Ottoman victory over safavids at Chaldiran.
1517
Ottoman capture of Syria and Egypt.
1520-1566
Rule of Suleyman the Magnificent.
1526
Battle of Panipat/Babur's conquest of India
1540
Babur's sucessor Humayan
1540-1545
Humayan in exile at the Safavid court.
1556
Mughal Empire reestablished in North India
1556-1605
Reign of Akbar
1571
Battle of Lepanto
1582
Akbar's proclamation of his new religion
1588-1629
Reign of Abbas 1 (The Great)
1657-1658
Great war of sucession between sons of Shah Jahan
1658-1707
Reign of Aurangzeb
1683
Last ottoman siege of Vienna
1680s
Raiput and peasants revolts in North INdia.
1699
Treaty of Carlowitz
1722
First Turkish language printing press founded/ Fall of the Safavid dynasty
1730
Ottoman armies are defeated by Persian forces under Nadir Khan.
1739
Nadir Shah invades India from Persia,socks Mughal Capital at Delhi.