Suyab

City · c. 555–749 CE · in Central Asia

Capital of Göktürk Khaganate (555–586), Türgesh (704–749).

Sambor Prei Kuk (c. 555–706 CE): Capital of Chenla (555–706).
Kannauj (c. 555 CE): Capital of Maukhari Dynasty (555–606), Harsha's Empire (612–655), Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty (800–1036).
Basavakalyan (c. 555 CE): Capital of Chalukya Dynasty (555–756).
Bamburgh (c. 555 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Bernicia (555–633).
Manyakheta (c. 555 CE): Capital of Chalukya Dynasty (555–756), Rashtrakuta Dynasty (755–982), Western Chalukya Empire (980–1187).
Kabul (c. 561 CE): Capital of Turk Shahis (561–874), Durrani Empire (1776–1823), Emirate of Afghanistan (1828–1925), and 3 more.
Toledo (c. 542 CE): Capital of Visigothic Kingdom (542–711), Taifa of Toledo (1010–1085).
Wroxeter (c. 540 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Powys (540–1160).
Talgarth (c. 540 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Brycheiniog (540–1045).
Winchester (c. 534 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Wessex (534–927), Kingdom of England (936–1100).

Around the same time and place

Silk Road (c. 130 BCE – c. 1450 CE): A network of overland caravan routes linking China with Central Asia, Persia and the Mediterranean, along which silk, spices, horses, religions, technologies and diseases travelled for more than 1,500 years.
Battle of Talas (751 CE): Abbasid forces defeated a Tang Chinese army near the Talas River, ending Tang expansion westward into Central Asia.
Sogdians (c. 500 BCE – c. 900 CE): Iranian people of the Zeravshan valley around Samarkand and Bukhara whose merchants dominated trade along the Silk Roads, especially between the 4th and 8th centuries.
Buddhas of Bamiyan (c. 570 CE): Two monumental standing Buddhas carved into a cliff in the Bamiyan valley in the 6th and early 7th centuries.
Srinagar (c. 625 CE): Capital of Karkota Dynasty (625–859), Kashmiri Sultanate (1344–1586), Kashmir and Jammu (1846–1947).
Muslim conquest of Transoxiana (673–751 CE): Arab campaigns that brought Bukhara, Samarkand and the lands beyond the Oxus under Umayyad and then Abbasid rule.
Samanid Empire (819–999 CE): Persian dynasty ruling from Bukhara whose court fostered a revival of the Persian language and literature within the Islamic world.
Muhammad al-Bukhari (810 CE – 870 CE): Islamic scholar from Bukhara who compiled Sahih al-Bukhari, regarded by Sunni Muslims as the most authoritative collection of hadith.