1.A brief history
Tibet

2. Timeline of Tibetan History
C. 650 - SongtsenGampo(pictured below) builds temples in Lhasa for his two Buddhist wives, thus introducing the religion to Tibet
3. 7th century temples
4. C 1279 - The Tibetan link with the Mongols brings Tibet within the Chinese empire of Kublai Khan
Kublai KhanGenghis Khan
5. 1368 - On the fall of the Yuan dynasty, replaced by the Ming, Tibet declares its independence from China
6. 1642 - The Mongols depose the ruling dynasty of Tibet and offer the country to the Dalai Lama, to be ruled by him with Mongol military support
7. 1904 - British troops under Francis Younghusband enter Tibet's holy city of Lhasa
8. Photos from 1904
9. 1912 - Tibet declares its independence after the fall of the Qing dynasty and the end of imperial China
10. 1950 - Chinese troops move into Tibet, meeting little resistance
11. 1951 - An agreement is signed by which a joint Tibetan-Chinese authority will nominally govern Tibet
12. 1959 - The Dalai Lama escapes from Tibet to India after the Chinese suppression of an armed uprising costing thousands of lives
13. 1959
2011
Dalai Lama
14. 2008 - Demonstrations in Tibet turn violent as protesters target Chinese buildings and individuals
15. an irreverent commercial