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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