Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Göbekli Tepe megaliths were erected in southeastern Turkey between 9500 and 8000 BC. This site predates Stonehenge by over seven millennia and marks the dawn of organized religious life in Asia.
Cyrus the Great founded the Achaemenid Persian Empire in the 6th century BC. The empire stretched from Greece to the Indus River and established a centralized government with a policy of tolerance.
The Ming dynasty naval expeditions led by the admiral Zheng He took place between 1403 and 1433. These voyages reached as far as Southeast Asia, Persia, and East Africa before the navy was dismantled in 1433.
The decline of the Mughal Empire was marked by the death of Emperor Aurangzeb in 1707. This event led to the rise of the British Empire, which colonized most of South Asia and established the British Raj.
The Han dynasty followed the Qin dynasty and is considered a golden age of Chinese history known for its stability and cultural achievements. It facilitated the exchange of goods and ideas through the Silk Road and established diplomatic relations with the Roman Empire.