Timeline: 1-400 AD
Most of Europe, North Africa, and part of West Asia were dominated by
the Roman Empire throughout
this time. It was largely thanks to this unity that the new faith of Christianity
was able to make great progress around the Mediterranean Sea.
At the same time, the eastern part of the old Persian empire was taken over by the Parthians, another Indo-European group emerging from the Indo-European homeland. The Parthians were frequently at war with the Romans this whole time. East of Parthia, India was in a period of small kingdoms.
North of the Roman and Parthian empires were the Goths, who had migrated slowly south from their homeland in Poland. For two hundred years the relationship between the Goths and the Romans was mostly peaceful. But about 200 AD, the Huns, who had been living in eastern Asia on the borders of China, were pushed north and began a long migration across Siberia and Russia into Europe. When the Huns arrived, they pushed the Goths out of their traditional land and the frightened Goths tried to find safety in the Roman and Parthian Empires to their south. The Romans and Parthians fought back, and there were a series of wars, but by 400 AD the Goths were beginning to penetrate the Roman Empire.
At the same time, the eastern part of the old Persian empire was taken over by the Parthians, another Indo-European group emerging from the Indo-European homeland. The Parthians were frequently at war with the Romans this whole time. East of Parthia, India was in a period of small kingdoms.
North of the Roman and Parthian empires were the Goths, who had migrated slowly south from their homeland in Poland. For two hundred years the relationship between the Goths and the Romans was mostly peaceful. But about 200 AD, the Huns, who had been living in eastern Asia on the borders of China, were pushed north and began a long migration across Siberia and Russia into Europe. When the Huns arrived, they pushed the Goths out of their traditional land and the frightened Goths tried to find safety in the Roman and Parthian Empires to their south. The Romans and Parthians fought back, and there were a series of wars, but by 400 AD the Goths were beginning to penetrate the Roman Empire.
400-800 AD
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