Part 75

+-------+---------------------------------+----------------+----------------+ |=A. D.=| =Eastern Empire= | =Persia= | =China, India, | | | | | Japan= | +-------+---------------------------------+----------------+----------------+ | |395. Arcadius received the East- | | | | |ern Empire, also called the |399-420. | | | |Byzantine or Grecian Empire. |Isdegerdes | | | |Capital Byzantium or |favors the | | | |Constantinople. |Christians. | | | =400= | | | | | | |412. Conquers | | | |414-53. Regency of PULCHERIA. |Armenia. | | | | | | | | |420-22. Persian War on account of|420-440. Varanes|420. China: | | |persecution of the Christians. |V. |Close of Isin | | =425= | | |dynasty. | | |431-440. Armenia divided between | | | | |the Persians and Romans. | | | | | | | | | |438. _Theodosian Code._ | | | | | |440-457. Varanes| | | |441. Invasion of the Huns; who |VI., Legislator.| | | |ravage Europe to the walls of | | | | |Constantinople. | | | | =450= | | | | | |454. The Ostrogoths, after | | | | |Attila’s death, settle in | | | | |Pannonia and Mœsia. | | | | | | | | | |457-474. LEO THE GREAT. The first|457. Firoz, one | | | |emperor crowned by a patriarch of|of the most | | | |the Greek Church. |celebrated | | | | |princes of | | | |474-491. ZENO. |Persia. | | | | | | | | =475= |475. The Ostrogoths. THEODORIC | | | | |brought up as a hostage at | |480. India: End | | |Constantinople, becomes chief of | |of Gupta | | |the whole nation. He invades the | |dynasty. | | |empire, ravages Thrace with great| | | | |cruelty. | | | | | | | | | |489-493. Theodoric’s expedition | | | | |from Thrace, etc., into Italy. | | | | | | | | | |493. The Kingdom of the Ostro- | | | | |goths. | | | | =500= | | | | | |502-505. War with Persia. | | | | | | | | | |507. Long walls built to protect | | | | |Constantinople from the Bulga- | | | | |rians. | | | | | | | | | |518-527. Justin. Proclus his | | | | |minister. | | | | | | | | | |518-565. _Brilliant period of the| | | | |Byzantine Empire._ | | | | =525= | | | | | |527. JUSTINIAN I. becomes | | | | |emperor; celebrated for his _code| | | | |of laws_ and the victories of his| | | | |generals, BELISARIUS and NARSES. | | | | | | | | | |530. Belisarius defeats the | | | | |Persians at Daras. |531-579. | | | | |Chosroës I., | | | |532. Suppresses the Nika riot in |“The Just,” | | | |the Hippodrome of Constantinople.|greatest of the | | | | |Sassanid kings. | | | |533-555. WARS OF JUSTINIAN |War with | | | |AGAINST THE VANDALS AND |Justinian. In- | | | |OSTROGOTHS. |vasion of Syria | | | | |and capture of | | | |533-534. Overthrows the Vandals |Antioch. | | | |in Africa. |Belisarius in | | | | |Syria. | | | |535. Subdues Sicily. | | | | |536. Belisarius and Narses re- | | | | |cover Italy. | | | | | +----------------+ | | | | |=Turks= settled | | | | | |in Asia ab. 545-|549-551. Siege | | | =550= | |550 |of Petra. | | | | | | |552. Japan: | | |553. Narses de- | | |Buddhism intro- | | |feats and kills | | |duced. | | |Totila and over-| | | | | |throws Gothic | | | | | |kingdom in | | | | | |Italy. | | | | | | | | | | | |565. Death of | | | | | |Belisarius and |569-582. The | | | | |Justinian. |Turks send em- | | | | |Justin II be- |bassies to the | | | | |comes emperor. |Greek emperor-- | | | | | |treaty between | | | | |570-600. The |them. | | | | |Avars invade the| | | | | |Eastern Empire, | | | | | |and spread over | | | | | |Hungary, Poland | | | | | |and Prussia. | | | | | | | | | | | |571-591. Wars | | | | | |with Persia. | | | | | =575= | | | | | | |578-582. | | | | | |Tiberius II. | |579-590. | | | | | |Hormisdas III. | | | |582-602. | | | | | |Maurice. | | | | | | | | | | | |The empire ex- | | | | | |tended to the | | | | | |Araxes, and al- | | | | | |most to the | | | | | |Caspian. | | |590-618. China: | | | | |591-628. |Dynasty of Suy. | | |592. War with | |Chosroes II. | | | |the Avars. | | |593-600. Japan: | | =600= | |600. Arabia be- | |strong Chinese | | |603-628. War |came the theater|603. Invades the|influences. | | |with Persia. |of important |Greek Empire-- | | | | |events which |conquers Syria, | | | | |greatly influ- |611; Palestine | | | | |enced the histo-|and Jerusalem, | | | | |ry of the East. |614; Egypt, 616 | | | | | |and Asia Minor | | | | |609. _MOHAMMED_ |except the | | | | |proclaims his |coasts--overrun | | | | |religion. |Africa. | | | | | | | | | | | |_Splendid court | | | | | |of Persia._ | | +-------+----------------+----------------+----------------+----------------+

VIII. FROM THE BEGINNING OF MOHAMMEDAN POWER TO THE TREATY OF VERDUN, 622-843 A. D.

GREAT EVENTS OF PERIOD. 700-800: Christianizing of Germany continues. Hostile caliphates of Bagdad and Cordova. Mohammedan advance in the West checked by Charlemagne, who nominally restores the Western Roman Empire. Norman ravages begin. 800-900: Norman ravages continue. Private wars. Charlemagne’s Empire falls to pieces.

+-------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+ |=A. D.=| =Britain= | =Spain= |=China, Japan, India=| +-------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+ | |617-685. The Northum-| | | | |brian Supremacy: Nor-| |618-907. China: | | |thumbria, Mercia, and| |Dynasty of Tang. | | |Wessex. | | | | | | | | | |617. Edwin embraces | | | | |Christianity and be- |623. The Greeks ex- | | | |comes powerful. Began|pelled from Spain. | | | |a basilica at York. | | | | =625= | | | | | |633-655. Feuds among | | | | |the Saxon Kings. |638. Council of | | | | |Toledo; decree |645. Japan: Rise of | | =650= | |against the Jews. |the famous Fuji Wasa | | |656-675. Mercia, | |family, influential | | |shakes off the yoke | |for 400 years. | | |of Northumbria. | | | | | | | | | |_Northumbria de- | | | | =675= |clines, but Wessex | | | | |and Mercia increase | | | | |in power._ | | | | =700= | | | | | | |711. Tarik lands at | | | | |Gibraltar, gains a | | | | |decisive victory at | | | | |Xeres, 712, in which | | | | |Rhoderic, the last of| | | | |the Goths is killed. | | | | |END OF GOTHIC | | | | |MONARCHY OF SPAIN. |712. India: Abab | | | | |conquest begins. | | | |713-714. Tarik and | | | | |usa complete the con-|720. India: Parsees | | | |quest of Spain. The |settle at Bombay. | | | |Christians maintain | | | | |themselves in the | | | | |Asturias and Navarre.| | | =725= | | | | | | |739. Alfonso founds | | | | |the kingdom of Leon | | | | |which maintains its | | | | |independence till | | | | |1230. | | | =750= | | | | | |755-794. Offa, King |755-1031. =Caliphate | | | |of Mercia, overthrows|at Cordova.= | | | |the armies of Sussex,| | | | |Kent, Wessex and |755-787. Abderrahman | | | |founds the Abbey of |having escaped from |763-80. China: Inces-| | |Bath and of St. |Bagdad, wrests Spain |sant Tartar invasion.| | =775= |Albans. |from the caliphate of| | | | |the Abbassides--es- | | | |789. First landing of|tablishes a military | | | |Northmen in Britain. |government. | | | | | | | | | |791-842. Alphonso | | | | |II., the Chaste, de- |794. Japan: Kioto be-| | | |feats and expels the |comes the capital. | | | |Arabs, who invade his| | | =800= | |dominions, and from |800-855. India: Rise | | |802. Egbert, King of |this time may be |of the Rajput states.| | |Wessex. |dated the real _inde-| | | =825= | |pendence of the | | | |827. Egbert becomes |Christians_. | | | |king of all England. | | | | | | | | | |837. Ethelwolf suc- | | | | |ceeds to the throne. | |840. Bhoga master of | | | |842. Ramiro I., King |the country from | | | |of Orildo. |Gwalior to the | | | | |Himalayas. | | | |844. Irruption of the| | | | |sea kings. | Great | | | | | | | | | | Stone | | | | | | | | | | Temple | | | | | | | | | | at | | | | | | | | | | Ellora | | | | | | | | | | about | | | | | | | | | | this | | | | | | | | | | period. | +-------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+