{"slug": "tibetan-empire", "label": "Tibetan Empire", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_Empire", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2431480", "qid": "Q2431480", "description": "former empire (618–842) centered on the Tibetan Plateau", "entries": 18, "years": 15, "span": [605, 841], "span_label": ["605 CE", "841 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 7}, {"title": "Births", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "tang-dynasty", "label": "Tang dynasty", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "tarim-basin", "label": "Tarim Basin", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "chang-an", "label": "Chang'an", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "xi-an", "label": "Xi'an", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tibet", "label": "Tibet", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lhasa-prefecture-level-city", "label": "Lhasa (prefecture-level city)", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 605, "year_label": "605 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Songtsän Gampo, emperor of the Tibetan Empire (d. 649)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364904400#Births", "title": "605", "revid": 1364904400, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 618, "year_label": "618 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "Songtsän Gampo becomes the first emperor of the Tibetan Empire, after his father Namri Songtsen is poisoned. During his reign he expands Tibet's power beyond Lhasa (Tibetan Plateau) and the Yarlung Valley.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802929#Asia", "title": "618", "revid": 1340802929, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 618, "year_label": "618 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Namri Songtsen, king of Tibet (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802929#Deaths", "title": "618", "revid": 1340802929, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 638, "year_label": "638 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Tibetan Empire, seeking an alliance through marriage with Tang dynasty China, launches an attack on Songzhou that is repelled by Chinese forces, but is followed by the marriage of the Chinese Princess Wencheng to Tibetan ruler Songtsän Gampo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557443#Asia", "title": "638", "revid": 1369557443, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 649, "year_label": "649 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Songtsen Gampo, founder of the Tibetan Empire", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938693#Deaths", "title": "649", "revid": 1365938693, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 670, "year_label": "670 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Dafei River: Chinese forces (80,000 men), under general Xue Rengui of the Tang dynasty, are annihilated by the Tibetans, who take over control of the Tarim Basin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367634463#Asia", "title": "670", "revid": 1367634463, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 670, "year_label": "670 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Tridu Songtsen, emperor of Tibet (d. 704)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367634463#Births", "title": "670", "revid": 1367634463, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 676, "year_label": "676 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Mangsong Mangtsen, emperor of Tibet", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938815#Deaths", "title": "676", "revid": 1365938815, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 704, "year_label": "704 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Tridu Songtsen dies in battle, and is succeeded by his mother Khri ma lod, who becomes de facto ruler of the Tibetan Empire. She begins a massive expansion into the Tarim Basin and Northern China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468074#Asia", "title": "704", "revid": 1364468074, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 704, "year_label": "704 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Me Agtsom, emperor of Tibet (d. 755)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468074#Births", "title": "704", "revid": 1364468074, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 712, "year_label": "712 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Khri ma lod, empress of the Tibetan Empire", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357552155#Deaths", "title": "712", "revid": 1357552155, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 714, "year_label": "714 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Fall – Xue Ne repels a Tibetan invasion of the Lan Prefecture (modern Lanzhou). Xuan Zong creates Li Ying, his second son, crown prince of the Tang dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468088#China", "title": "714", "revid": 1364468088, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 763, "year_label": "763 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 18", "text": "November 18 – Forces of the Tibetan Empire, under Trisong Detsen, occupy the Tang capital of Chang'an (modern Xi'an) for 15 days, and install a puppet emperor. Tibetans take over the horse pastures.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359487766#Asia", "title": "763", "revid": 1359487766, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 799, "year_label": "799 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Langdarma, emperor of Tibet (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848772#Births", "title": "799", "revid": 1340848772, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 802, "year_label": "802 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ralpacan, emperor of Tibet (d. 836)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848783#Births", "title": "802", "revid": 1340848783, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 815, "year_label": "815 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Sadnalegs, emperor of Tibet (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348647036#Deaths", "title": "815", "revid": 1348647036, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 836, "year_label": "836 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ralpacan, emperor of Tibet (b. 802)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350026626#Deaths", "title": "836", "revid": 1350026626, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 841, "year_label": "841 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Langdarma, emperor of Tibet (b. 799)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360650312#Deaths", "title": "841", "revid": 1360650312, "section": "Deaths"}}]}