Geochronology (original) (raw)

Indo-European Chronology - Countries and Peoples

Greek

2250 BC Achaeans come to Greece
2000 BC Doric Greek tribes settle in Illyria
1900 BC Mycenae founded by Achaeans in Greece
1475 BC Achaeans invade and conquer Eastern Crete
1450 BC The Linear B script used in Greece
1400 BC Achaeans appear on Cyprus
1230 BC Achaeans conquer Troy
1200 BC Achaeans start migrating to Crete, Cyprus, Asia Minor
1200 BC Doric tribes invade Greece; soon they destroy the Mycenaean civilization
750 BC Greeks begin their Great Colonization
600 BC Lydians extrude Greeks from Asia
495 BC Macedonia under Greek influence
493 BC Persians capture Miletus
449 BC Greek decisive victory over Persia
330 BC Greeks spread all over Asia
280 BC Celts arrive to the Balkans and Asia Minor
146 BC Greece conquered by Rome
527 AD Justinian restores the Roman Empire
530 Slavic invasion to the Balkans

Italic & Etruscan

2000 BC Italic tribes come to Italy
1200 BC Illyrians arrive at South Italy
1100 BC New wave of Italics comes to Italy
900 BC Etruscans in Italy
753 BC Rome is founded by Latins
750 BC Greeks begin their Great Colonization
600 BC First Italic inscriptions
550 BC Messapic and Venetic inscriptions
510 BC Rome gains independence from Etruscans
474 BC Etruscan expansion stopped in Italy
450 BC Celtic tribes come to Italy
267 BC Italy conquered by Rome
395 AD Roman Empire divided
476 Fall of the Roman Empire
560 Kingdom of Langobards

Balkan

2500 BC Indo-Europeans appear in Europe
2000 BC Doric Greek tribes settle in Illyria
1300 BC Illyrians spread from Pannonia to Dalmatia
1250 BC Phrygians come from Balkans to Asia Minor - the first Great Movement of Nations begins
1200 BC Illyrians arrive at South Italy
1200 BC Doric tribes invade Greece; soon they destroy the Mycenaean civilization
1100 BC Thracian peoples arrive to Balkans
730 BC Cymmerians invade Europe and Asia and reach Pannonia and Lydia
550 BC Thracian inscriptions
550 BC Messapic and Venetic inscriptions
495 BC Macedonia under Greek influence
480 BC Thracian Kingdom of Odrisses
380 BC Illyrian Kingdom founded
280 BC Celts arrive to the Balkans and Asia Minor
31 BC Thrace conquered by Rome
9 BC Illyria and Pannonia conquered by Rome
112 AD Dacia conquered by Rome
270 Romans leave Dacia
488 Romans leave the Danube region

Celtic & Iberian

2100 BC Celtic tribes in Europe
1400 BC Celts arrive in Spain
1200 BC Celtic cultures in Gaul and Germania
650 BC Celts settle in Britain and Ireland
600 BC New Celtic invasion to Spain
450 BC Celtic tribes come to Italy
280 BC Celts arrive to the Balkans and Asia Minor
133 BC Spain conquered by Rome
50 BC Gaul conquered by Rome
43 AD Romans conquer Britain
250 Ogham inscriptions in Ireland and Scotland
409 Romans leave Britain
450 Celtic migrations to Brittany
844 Kingdom of Scotland

Germanic

1 AD Germanic alliance in Europe
39 Romans try to conquer Germany
180 Gothic migration to Eastern Europe
233 Roman expansion stopped
350 Wulfila's Bible
410 Germanic tribes in Spain
413 Kingdom of Burgunds
418 Kingdom of Wisigoths founded
429 Kingdom of Vandals founded
449 Anglo-Saxon conquest of Britain
486 Kingdom of Franks founded
493 Kingdom of Ostrogoths founded
560 Kingdom of Langobards
685 Anglo-Saxon expansion stopped
700 Era of Vikings
768 Charles the Great
829 Anglo-Saxon kingdoms unified
843 Frankish Empire divided
870 Iceland discovered
982 Greenland discovered
1000 America discovered

Baltic & Slavic

2500 BC Indo-Europeans appear in Europe
1400 BC Slavs - a separate nation
1250 BC Baltic peoples move north and east
150 AD Slavic expansion south
530 Slavic invasion to the Balkans
623 The First Slavic State
681 Kingdom of Bulgaria
830 Great Moravian Kingdom
862 Kiev Russia
863 Cyril and Methodius act among Slavs
896 Hungarians in Europe
907 Russian raids to Constantinople
963 Kingdom of Poland
988 Christianity in Eastern Europe

Anatolian

3500 BC Anatolian branch moves apart
2100 BC Hittites and Luwians settle in Central Asia Minor
1750 BC Ancient Hittite (Nesian) texts from Asia Minor
1600 BC The Old Hittite Kingdom founded
1450 BC The New Hittite Kingdom founded
1350 BC Luwian and Palaic texts in Asia Minor and North Syria
1250 BC First mentioning about Lycians
1230 BC "Sea Peoples" destroy Hittite Kingdom, invade Syria, Palestine, Egypt
700 BC Lydian Kingdom founded in Asia Minor
650 BC Lydian and Carian inscriptions in West Asia Minor
600 BC Lydians extrude Greeks from Asia
546 BC Lydia and Asia Minor conquered by Persians
330 BC Greeks spread all over Asia

Iranian

800 BC Avesta created in Iran
700 BC Median Kingdom founded in Iran
639 BC Elam loses its independence
590 BC Scythian Kingdom in Asia destroyed by Medians
559 BC Persian Kingdom founded
550 BC Old Persian Texts and Inscriptions
546 BC Lydia and Asia Minor conquered by Persians
493 BC Persians capture Miletus
449 BC Greek decisive victory over Persia
250 BC Bactrian Kingdom
247 BC Parthian Kingdom
135 BC Iranian, Tocharic, Turkish tribes destroy Bactria
100 BC Hellenic and Iranian people leave Bactria and Sogdiana
224 AD Sasanide Kingdom founded in Iran
623 The last war between Byzantine and Sasanide Empires
629 Arab Conquest
821 Takhiride dynasty in Iran

Iranian Nomads

730 BC Cymmerians invade Europe and Asia and reach Pannonia and Lydia
690 BC Cymmerians destroy the Phrygian Kingdom
675 BC Scythians arrive to Asia and eliminate Cymmerians
650 BC Scythian invasion into Europe
590 BC Scythian Kingdom in Asia destroyed by Medians
350 BC Scythian Kingdom in Steppes
250 BC Sarmatians come to Europe
135 BC Iranian, Tocharic, Turkish tribes destroy Bactria
375 AD The Great Movement Begins
450 Tocharic texts and inscriptions
546 Turkish Realm in Central Asia
555 Avars
627 Khazar Kaganate
999 Seldjuk Turks in Central Asia

Indic

1700 BC Aryans come to North India and destroy Mohenjo-Daro
1700 BC Aryans as one of the nations of Mitanni Empire
1450 BC The first Veda created in India
483 BC Indo-Aryans come to Ceylon
320 BC Maurya Kingdom in India
55 AD Kuchans occupy Northern India
320 The Gupta dynasty in India
500 Singhal and Tamil

Armenian & Phrygian

750 BC Phrygian inscriptions
738 BC Phrygian Kingdom founded in Asia Minor
720 BC Armenian Kingdom
690 BC Cymmerians destroy the Phrygian Kingdom
322 BC Armenian Kingdom
450 AD Classical Armenian texts
875 Armenian Kingdom restored

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