613 Muhammad begins to preach the new faith
632 Death of Muhammad
634- 643 Early Muslim conquests in the Byzantine Empire
637 Arab invasion and destruction of Sasanian Empire
661- 750 Umayyad caliphate (Damascus)
Kievan Rus'
Brief history of the first organized state located on the
lands of modern Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus from the 7th to 11th century.
600s Period of Slavic migrations
613 Clothar II (584-629) reunited the Frankish kingdom, bringing an end to civil war.
614 Edict of Paris introduced reforms to the Merovingian church and state.
65Os Slavic migrations into eastern Europe
700s Scandinavians at Ladoga
716 Islamic forces take Lisbon
717–18 Second Siege of Constantinople; use of “Greek fire” halts Arab expansion in Eastern Mediterranean
720 Arabs occupy Provence; caliphate extends from Pyrenees to China
750 Establishment of the Abbasid caliphate (Baghdad)
714 Charles Martel becomes ruler of the Frankish kingdom
732 Charles Martel defeats Arabic/Moorish forces at Battle of Tours–Poitiers
739 Charles Martel drives Arabs from Provence
741 Death of Charles Martel, succeeded by Pepin the Short and Carloman
c. 760s Crop rotation system introduced in Europe
760s Scandinavians lived part of the year at Staraya Ladoga on the lower Volkhov River
789 First Viking attack in Britain
795 Vikings raid Ireland
800s On the way to the state
771 Charlemagne sole king of Franks
781 Carolingian Renaissance begins
800 Charlemagne crowned Emperor of the Romans
800- 814 Charlemagne's empire
814 Death of Charlemagne; Louis the Pious ascends to Frankish throne
800s Scandinavian settlements formed to the south of Ladoga along the entire Volkhov River, which serviced the north-south trade.
801 Khazarian king Bulan hosts debate between three Abrahamic faiths; chooses Judaism
830 Principality of Moimir, which will become the Great
Moravian Empire, established
841 Viking kingdom of Dublin founded
820-830s Islamic conquest of Sicily continues; 831 capture of Palermo
827 Muslim fugitives from Spain conquer Crete and use
it as base for piracy
860–870s Time of Rurik
860–70s Turbulent period: the burning down of Staraya Ladoga and Pskov, a marked increase in the deposition of coin hoards
862 Vikings found Novgorod
863 Invention of earliest form of Cyrillic writing
866 Bulgars convert to Christianity
874 Vikings settle Iceland
880-890s Oleg's Reign
882 Oleg seizes Kiev, makes it capital of Kievan Rus
907 Oleg of Kievan Rus attacks Constantinople
907, 911/912 Oleg formalizes trade relations between the Rus and Constantinople
885–86 Vikings' Siege of Paris
896 Magyars settle in Hungary
896 Beginning of height of Bulgarian Empire
906–07 Magyars destroy Moravians
908 Magyars attack Bavaria, Saxony, and Thuringia
910–950s Igor' & Ol'ga
913 Prince Igor becomes ruler of Kievan Rus
915 the Pechenegs first arrive in Rus
941 Igor attacks Byzantium, defeated
944 Igor seeks revenge and conducts a treaty with Constantinopole
945 Death of Igor