600 B.C.- Cyrus the Great creates the Persian Empire. 334 B.C.- Alexander the Great's army travels through Asia 320-467 A.D.- The Gupta Empire takes over India 1206-1368- The Mongol Empire controls most of Asia 1299- The Ottoman Empire takes over the Byzantine Empire 1368- Great Wall of China 1467- Civil War in Japan 1592- Japan attacks Korea 1757- East India Trading Co. controls most of India 1842- Britain takes Shanghai 1904- Russo-Japanese War and British in Tibet 1917- Russian Revolution 1922- Creation of the Soviet Union 1994- Kim Jong-il is the leader of North Korea
The majority of all of these empires eventually came to end. Today, Asia is mostly just split into countries. Through the test of time, empires rise and fall again. Right now, Russia is the largest country in the world, and its leader, Vladmir Putin, is well-known as a very powerful man who will stand up to any country that contests him.