The Light of Our Yesterdays
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303 BH
(1081 AUC)
Romanus Empire
Magni Constantini issues Edictum Oroculorum, requiring investigations of all pagan temples with oracles claiming messages from the gods affecting the Romanus Empire. Investigators are permitted to use torture where they deem it appropriate. Paganism wanes in the Romanus Empire, and no other religious movement fills the void.
301 BH
(1083 AUC)
Eastern Romanus Empire
Magni Constantini founds the city of Constantinopli at the small town of Byzantium near the Bosporus leading to the Pontus Euxinus. He makes it the capital of the Eastern half of the Romanus Empire and forbids the construction of any pagan or other religious temples in the new city.
291–90 BH (1093–94 AUC)
Eastern Romanus Empire
Imperial Reforms of Constantinus II. After ending a civil war with his pagan brother, Emperor Constantinus II (son of Magni Constantini) stabilizes the Romanus Empire with a set of “Imperial Reforms” that substantially eliminate the civil wars that had plagued the empire for centuries, preserving Romanus armies for wars with barbarian tribes on the periphery. The reforms include rotation of generals, involvement of Senate in selection of the succeeding emperor, and inclusion of provincial governors and generals in key Senate matters. He also begins to withhold imperial funds from pagan temples throughout the realm.
253–77 BH
(1130–1300 AUC)
Romanus Empire in Europe
Barbarian Tribes Repelled. Remaining strong in the absence of internal strife, the Romanus Empire defeats various barbarian tribes migrating west from the Asian steppes. Forced to fight further among themselves, the barbarian tribes deplete their men and resources.
77–72 BH
(1300–05 AUC)
Romanus Empire
Loss of Gallia to Germanic Union by Romanus Empire. Through mismanagement, Emperor Vergilius loses the region of Gallia in northwestern Europe to a conglomerate of German–speaking barbarian tribes.
70–38 BH
(1307-38 AUC)
Romanus Empire
Balkan Split. Slavs move south through the Romanus Empire into the Balkans, cutting off Constantinopli and Eastern Romanus Empire from Roma.
57–47 BH
(1320-29 AUC)
Romanus Empire
Forced to fight his own battles, Governor Balbinus of Constantinopli defeats Sassanid Persians at Tarsus and declares the Eastern Romanus Empire to be independent of Roma.
54 BH
(1323 AUC)
Arabia
Muhammad is born in Mecca.
38–5 BH
(1338-70 AUC)
Eurasia and North Africa
Union of Eastern Empire and Slavic tribes. Following a resurgence of the Romanus Empire in the Balkans, Balbinus, now Emperor of the newly named Eastern Empire, enters a joint protection agreement with Zdravko, leader of a Slavic army from north of the Pontus Euxinus. The pact permits some settlement of Slavic peoples in various abandoned cities in the eastern Balkans, especially along the eastern shores of the Pontus Euxinus.
12 BH
(1363 AUC)
Arabia
Muhammad is called to be a messenger of Allah by an angel.
0 AH
(1375 AUC)
Arabia
Hijra: migration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib (later named Medina by Muhammad).
8–23 AH
(1384–97 AUC)
Arabia
Muslims conquer the Arabian Peninsula.
10–124 AH
(1385–1495)
Europe
Civil wars in Germanic Union, with Franks and Goths defeating the Huns and fighting with each other for control.
10 AH
(1385 AUC)
Arabia
Muhammad dies.
17–18 AH
(1391–92 AUC)
Palestinian Province
Muslims Blocked in Palestine and Aegypt. Muslims attack the Eastern Empire in the Palestinian Province and in Aegyptian Province. Strengthened by its peace accord with the Slavs, the Eastern Empire succeeds in holding them off to the south and east of the Fertile Crescent and the Sinai Peninsula.
21–28 AH
(1395–1402)
Mesopotamia
Muslims turn attention to the east and defeat Sassanid Persians in Mesopotamia and drive the Sassanids back to central Persia.
35–41 AH
(1409–15 AUC)
Arabia
First Muslim Split. Civil war breaks out in Muslim lands between the followers of Ali ibn Abi Talib, husband to one of Muhammad’s daughters, and Mu’awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, kin to the recently murdered Caliph ‘Uthman. This split eventually evolves into a permanent split between Sunni factions (following Mu’awiya) and the Shiite factions, following Ali.
82–155 AH
(1454–90 AUC)
Eurasia
Shiite Expansion/Slavic Integration. Shiite armies attack remnants of the Sassanid Persian Empire, capturing Baku and bringing them into contact with Slavic peoples to the north. Baku becomes the eastern capital of the Muslim Empire. Shiites begin integrating Slavic tribes into their society.
155 AH (1525 AUC)
Southwestern Asia
Treaty of Baghdad. Ending civil war between Sunni and Muslim factions, the treaty divides the Muslim Empire into the Shiite Muslim Empire and the Sunni Muslim Empire.
156–165 AH
(1526–35 AUC)
Palestinian and Aegyptian Provinces
Conquest of Jerusalem and Alexandria by Sunnis with the military assistance of the Shiites.
156–439 AH
(1526–1800 AUC)
Western Asia
The Shiite form of Islam gradually spreads from the Caspium Mare north as many of the pagan Slavic tribes of Western Asia, including the Rus, convert. To the south of Baku, the Shiite Muslim Empire spreads across Persia after defeating the remnants of the Sassnid Empire, all the way south to the Persian Gulf and eastward to the mountains. Tehran becomes a key Shiite city to the south of the Caspium Mare.
165–252 AH
(1535–1619 AUC)
Southern Mare Internum
Expansion of Sunnis across the Maghrib (North Africa). Sunni Muslim Empire moves slowly through the Maghrib, defeating the Romanus Empire in various battles along the way. By 227 AH, most of the Maghrib has been converted to Islam and considers itself part of the Sunni Muslim Empire. By 252 AH, Sunnis have crossed to Iberian Peninsula (Andalus) and defeated Romanus Empire at Barcelona.
206 AH (1575 AUC)
Northern Europe
Viking raids begin: the Northmen (later called “Vikings”) in the Jutland Peninsula develop more advanced seafaring navigation and ships. They begin raiding towns in Britannia and northern continental Europe.
253 AH
(1620 AUC)
Romanus Empire
Retreat to Italian Peninsula. When the New Germanic Union attacks the Romanus Empire in the north, the armies of the Romanus Empire in the west retreat south of the Alps. This is the beginning of the end of the Romanus Empire.
261–69 AH
(1621–36 AUC)
Southwestern Europe
Germanic Reshuffling. When New Germanic Union is torn apart by royal marital strife, Frankish House of Martel (occupying most of western Europe), led by Charles, fights a series of wars with the Gothic House of Theodoreich (controlling most of central Europe), pulling Jutland Vikings into the fray. After Peace of Verdun, House of Martel attacks Sunnis in Iberian peninsula, driving them back to the Maghrib.
273–74 AH
(1640–41 AUC)
Balkans
Ognjen leads a revolt of his Slavic peoples from the Eastern Empire. Eastern Empire is now limited primarily to Constantinopli and the Anatolia Peninsula.
275–79 AH (1642–45 AUC)
Romanus Empire
Ognjen, leading a Sl
avic army, attacks the Eastern Army of the Romanus Empire and drives them back to Italia. The Romanus Empire now exists only on the peninsula of Italia.
275–82 AH (1642–48 AUC)
Romanus Empire
End of the Romanus Empire. Goths and Franks sack, burn and loot Roma and other cities in the Italian Peninsula, generally returning with their loot to their current homelands to the north.
282–1200s AH
(1648–late 2500s AUC)
Europe and Western Asia
Period of the Dark Ages. With the loss of the Romanus Empire and eventually the Eastern Empire, much of classic western civilization is lost to antiquity. Within two decades, with no independent institutions preserving ancient ways and texts and the governmental repositories of information destroyed, very little remains of the Romanus (and its preceding classic Greek) culture in the west. When Constantinopli falls to a Slavic army a few decades later, the same fate befalls the East. The New Germanic Union, still just a conglomeration of illiterate tribes, lacks any interest in preserving the culture. Muslim conquerors generally adopt the view of one of their great conquering generals, Yazeed ibn Ziyad, who, when he conquered Alexandria and found the great Alexandria library, said, “If what is written in these scrolls agrees with the Great Book of Allah, they are not required; if they disagree, they are not desired. Destroy them therefore.”
431–550 AH (1793–1908 AUC)
Caspium Mare Region
Seljuk Turks attack the Shiite Muslim Empire in Persia. After initial losses, the Shiites bring in an army filled with Slavic tribesmen from its northern regions, defeating the Seljuks at Tehran. The Seljuks retreat to Turkish territories directly east of the Caspium Mare and eventually convert to Shiite Islam, becoming vassals of the Shiite Muslim Empire.
480–750 AH
(1840–2100 AUC)
Central Europe
Shiite Islam moves slowly into Europe from the east, partly by conversion, partly by conquest. This Eastern migration is initially led by a group of Twelver Shiites who emphasize the return of the Mahdi. This emphasis is continued as the religion spreads into the Germanic areas of Europe, particularly after the Shiite Muslim Empire is split in two by the arriving Mongolian Empire.
534–44 AH
(1893–1902 AUC)
Northern Europe
Jutland Viking ships in the north Atlantic discover a volcanically active island with lava fields and geysers near mountainous glaciers. Settlors from Jutland establish first settlement on the island, which they call Islandia.
595–640 AH
(1952–95 AUC)
North Atlantic
Islandia sailors discover an enormous island in the North Atlantic that is nearly covered with glaciers. Settlors call this “Grœnland” or “Greenland,” hoping to attract other settlors.
604–81AH
(1960-2035 AUC)
Eurasia
Genghis Khan unites the Mongolian tribes and begins westward conquests by the Mongolian Hordes. The Mongols reach the Caspium Mare by 629, sack Baku by 656, splitting the Shiite Muslim Empire in two, and, by 681, capture much of the Shiite Muslim territory to the north of the Caucasus Mountains.
681 AH
(2053 AUC)
Northern North Aztalan
Calder, a Viking from Jutland, seizes on the mythology of the Inuits of Greenland concerning a vast land to the southwest. He sails across the sea in that direction from Greenland and discovers extreme northern areas of North Aztalan.
704–71 AH
(2057–2122 AUC)
Europe
Mongol armies sweep west, capturing the Anatolia peninsula and the Balkans, all regions around the Pontus Euxinus, the Eastern Alps, all land south of the Danuvius, and ultimately the entire Italian Peninsula, including the remnants of Roma.
Circa 710 AH
(Circa 2063 AUC)
Northern Europe
Islam reaches the Jutland Peninsula, but does not initially gain many adherents due to the strength of the Vikings’ beliefs in Norse gods such as Odin and Thor.
722–825 AH
(2075–2175 AUC)
North Aztalan
Viking warriors/settlors from Jutland, Islandia and Greenland begin raiding and settling extreme northern sections of North Aztalan, eventually arriving in Tonquizalixco Tetepe, where they raid Iroquois and Algonquin settlements and ultimately settle on an island with a large natural port. There they found the city “New Åarhus,” named after the great port of Åarhus in Jutland. They begin calling themselves “Jutes,” reflecting their roots in Europe.
810–35AH
(2160–84 AUC)
Europe
Kaidu Khan, leader of the Mongol Empire, breaks from the policies of past Khans, taking residence in Roma and beginning to rebuild it. In addition to his many other titles (including King of Kings and Mongol Emperor), he declares himself, Kaidu Khan Augustus, Emperor of the reconstituted Mongol–Romanus Empire, and successor to the Romanus Emperors before the fall.
907–935 AH
(2254 AUC)
Eurasia
A rebellion in China diverts Mongol-Romanus Emperor Ogeiadah’s attention from Europe and Southwestern Asia. Returning to China with nearly half of his army, he is ultimately defeated near Cumuda.
915 AH
(2262 AUC)
Tonquizalixco Tetepe
Gustav, a Mahdian cleric, is banished from the Jutland peninsula for proselytizing his religion and sails for Tonquizalixco Tetepe. During the long voyage, he dies from scarlet fever but not before first converting a few Viking settlors to Islam. When Kustaa, one of the converted Vikings, reaches New Åarhus, he begins preaching his version of Islam to others without great success. However, a small mosque is established in the new city with a handful of adherents.
918–952 AH
(2269–98 AUC)
Eurasia
The Sunni Muslim Empire and the southern portion of the Shiite Muslim Empire defeat the remnants of the Mongol-Romanus Empire in the Fertile Crescent, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, the Caucuses, and Persia. The army in Anatolia retreats to Constantinopli and the Balkans. The remainder of the Mongol armies retreat to the east, eventually beyond the borders of the Shiite Muslim Empire.
930–957 AH
(2276–2303 AUC)
Europe
During the Mongol occupation and separation from the remainder of the Shiite Empire, the western portion of the Shiite Empire had become increasingly focused on the return of the Mahdi. After the Mongols retreat, the western leadership refuses to reunite with the Shiite Empire and declares itself the Mahdian Islamic Empire. After various battles between the two empires, the Treaty of 957 establishes an initial border between them running north from the Caucasus Mountains to the White Sea.
934 AH
(2280 AUC)
Southern Europe
Upon hearing of the defeat of Mongol army in China, Governor Togul declares himself Emperor Togulus Augustus in the substantially shrunken Mongol-Romanus Empire. Pledging to remain a European emperor, Togulus drops all references to Mongols and renames the empire “Imperium Romanum Secundum” (or Second Romanus Empire).
1012 AH
(2356 AUC)
Tonquizalixco Tetepe
After an Islamic cleric and physician miraculously cures his infant daughter from scarlet fever, Helge the Great converts to Islam. Within a few short years, most of the Jutes convert with him. They now call themselves “Juteslams.”
1015–90 AH
(2359–2431 AUC)
Tonquizalixco Tetepe
Isolation of Juteslams. Successive severe winters cause the abandonment of settlements in Islandia and Greenland, isolating the Juteslams from Europe since their small ships cannot reasonably return directly without immense peril.
1019–22 AH
(2363–66 AUC)
Northern Europe
Using newly developed guns and cannon, the Mahdian Muslim Empire conquers the Jutland peninsula, where th
ey burn Viking ships along with other symbols of the Norse pagan gods. Previous plans for resettlement of Islandia and Greenland are abandoned.
1034–1123 AH
(2377–2463 AUC)
South Aztalan
“Wise Men from the Sea” from China arrive on the shores of the fledgling Aztec Empire. Emperor Mochtezacatl welcomes them and begins integrating their technology into Aztec society.
1065–95 AH
(2407–36 AUC)
Northern Europe
Mahdian Muslim Empire conquers Britannia and Hibernia and ultimately the Kingdom of Frankereich (near Parisius), consolidating northwestern Europe into the Mahdian Muslim Empire.
1161 AH
(2500 AUC)
Aztalan
Juteslams begin raiding and slaughtering settlements of the Aztec Empire just north of the Achahuitl Peninsula (at the extreme southeastern end of North Aztalan)
1162–95 AH
(2501–33 AUC
Tonquizalixco Tetepe
Aztec Empire sends a large Army east to the region “Over the Eastern Mountains,” in their language “Tonquizalixco Tetepe,” to attack the Juteslams. The Juteslams, having no significant firearms or cannon, are overwhelmed, but fight valiantly using a hit and run style of defense and attack permitting them to steal and use firearms. Nevertheless, by 1195, the Aztecs conquer all of New Jutland and move into New Åarhus, where King Cnut of the Juteslams pledges tribute to the Aztec Empire.
1221–98 AH
(2558–2633 AUC)
Europe and Southwestern Asia
First War of the Three Empires. Caused primarily by ethnic and religious differences, the three Muslim Empires fight a series of wars with each other (with multiple changes in alliances) while the Second Romanus Empire remains neutral.