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590 AD
-Norway under command of Erik Savag begins draft, creating army of 3,000 young men.
-In 581, Savag sent an expedition to the Danes. Bloodaxe the chieftain offers his daughter Helga in marriage. This union occurs in the tiny Danish village of Roskilde.
-500 Danish troops join Norway.
-Savag continues on a quest to unite Norway. Joining with one faction and annihilating another, the rest quickly fall in line, except one.
-In Estonia, Juhan the Childbeater, lands in a place called "Swedeland" encountering locals. He burns a few villages and establishes Stockholm.
Erik is aware of the Estonian colony as he prepares to reunite Norway. It is discovered the promised English help will never come, the French Navy is about.
-Guntram (France) in 587 A.D. lands on English lands hoping to convert them all. Within two years nearly all of the English Kingdom under Frankish rule. But Guntrams time is running short and the stronghold of London is holding fast. His son Clotaire promises to continue the campaign.
-Almarich II (Visigoths) has a son Theodric. And the roads are completed. But this only serves raiders that plunder the country, hurting the Visigoths.
-Russian economy increases with construction of a small port on a river. But building of the trade routes to Finland and Estonia have left them 6 economy levels down. The Tzar promises that the routes will pay off eventually. Unfortunately many of the Ruskies dont want to wait 30 years.
-1000 men sent to establish the Novgorod expansion wondor.
-Guillem II dies, succeeded by Guillem III. The cathedral is nearly finished. The inside is the only part needing work. Guillem continues expansion.
-Tripoli merge with the Mediterraneans. Grand Palace of Libyan Saints is started by the few Libyan Christians.
-Henry gives his daughter to Heinrich, and Frederick is born. The Monument of Teutoburgerwald is begun.
-Venice arises.
Europe, 600, A.D.
Pope Pegalius dies, replaced by Pope Gregory, who is able to stop a small plague from becoming a disaster.
-Almarich II dies, replaced by Almarich III. New lands taken, and the raiders stopped.
-Germany builds roads and expands. Discovering Poland. Dietrich II son of Heinrich born.
-Poland the newest Slavic nation as the flow of Slavs into the area slowly comes to a halt. Boreslaw their ruler makes definite borders.
Finland, under Matti, builds navy of 100 ships. They set sail for Swede-land establishing Finnish colony near Estonian one.
Norwegians send soldiers to help England fight French.
-French succeed in conquering the English, Guntram annexes Northumberland.
-Clotaire II in London is assaulted by the fresh and mysterious Norwegians.
-Azale pulls the sword from the stone, being the new king of Northumberland. Guntmar still takes much of his land away. Fortunately Guntmar dies. Norwegians offer a peace to Clotaire but betray him and murder him leaving France under the rule of Queen Marie.
Marie struggles to hold the French together as a Norwegian army bears down on her.
-A Crusade announced against Norway.
Russian economy begins to rebound with Finnish trade finally begins to show.
-Andorras economy increases to highest level possible with completion of St. Guillems Cathedral.
-King Juhan dies, replaced by Konstantin.
-Persia and the Byzantines come to war over territory.
Europe, 610, A.D.
-Norway attempts to steal French fleet and fails.
-French establish blockade and kill all Norwegians in England, but Northumberland takes back land and more.
-Protestantism begins, is shunned by Catholic world, embraced by Northumberlandese.
-Attempted assassination of Marie by Norwegians.
-Norwegians take Med. Kingdom.
-not much else of interest happens.
Europe 620 A.D.
-French slowly begin to lose war against Northumberland after many bloody battles.
-French adopt slash and burn tactics in England.
-Krak des Norskies is built by Norwegians in Belgium, but it is soon destroyed by the French.
-Norway marches on Paris.
-German people call for help to be lent to their Catholic neighbors, men are sent to help them.
-Finnish economy expands while army marches on Norways mainland.
-The Byzantines make peace with Persia. Only to attack Italy threatening Rome.
-Iceland emerges.
-Mohammed starts Islam.
-Kreigers initiated, powerful Norwegian UU.
Europe, 630 A.D.
-Visigoths expand into Africa.
-Russia becomes one of the healthiest economies in the world.
-Longboat developed in Iceland
-Mohammed unites Arabs, and then dies.
-Finns cut deep into Norwegian territory, but encounter the Kreiger.
-Norwegians now cut off, are just outside Paris and outnumber the defenders 2:1 at least.
-Norway pushed out of the Med by Andorra!
-pope prepares a peace treaty realizing Vatican cant hold out for long.
Europe, 640 A.D.
-War ends with the treaty drawn up by France. England joins Northumberland.
-Belgium is retained by France, not for long as a revolt forms.
-Belgium area becomes new country, Wallonia.
-Norwegian troops in France sail home, but are destroyed treacherously by the French.
-Population boom in Norway.
-France gains much land in the Med, including Italy, and Corsica and Sardina.
-Pope Gregory dies.
-Germany conquers Venice finding war in Italy over.
-Byzantines and Arabs race for Egypt
-Iceland establishes Norwegian colony
New Leaders of the World
Papacy - Pope Alexus I
Northumberland - King Holmes
France - Prince Charles
Andorra - King Guillem III
Visigoth - Warlord Osstrich
Hungary - King Ludovik
Germany - King Elmerich
Finland - Prince Nicholas
Russia - Tzar Alexander I
Norway - Eric II
Europe, 650 A.D.
-lost decade, couldnt find it
Europe, 660 A.D.
-Ludovik takes over Poland, second next to Russia as greatest Slavic nation.
-France takes Crete
-Hungary more powerful than ever
-Byzantine encounters small slavic nations on borders.
-Norway and Germany sign alliance.
-Arabs extend themselves into Egypt, taking important large cities.
-St. Clotildas is finished
-Wallonia soon becomes powerful trading nation, with France and England.
-German and French relations heat up
-Germany tries to cross Rhine, turned back by French
-French try to murder Germans in Venice due to misunderstanding.
Europe 670 A.D.
-Finnish knights created.
-Russias royal family drops off the face of the earth
-Poland invades Hungary pushing in rather far. The pope is to scared to stop it though.
-Byzantines expand, going into Egypt pleasing the Egyptian Christians. The Bulgars take a chunk of land away from them
-France gives much of its Med. possessions to Wallonia
-Norwegian and Icelandic treaty.
-Norway steals longboat designs, and makes their own.
-Expansion of territory, and military, and death of Amon, succeeded by Ragnor Savag the II.
-Germany contacts Austria
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Europe, 680 A.D.
-Austria is split b/t Germany and Hungary.
-Hungarian Magyrs reinforced by the Serbian horse archers meat the polish threat.
-Poles are forced to retreat back to poland
-French send support to Estonia, but loose 1,000 men due to chains across sea by norwegians
-Once they reach Estonia attack Poland, thrusting deep. Slowed by terrain.
-French and Northumberland stop Icelandic colonization attempt. Iceland instead colonizes Ireland.
-Iceland attempts a Revolution in Italy.
-Sudan joins arabs
Europe, 690 A.D.
-Poland makes peace
-Russian Royal Family resurfaces.
-Palace of Buda started.
-Contact b/t Russia and Byzantines, beginning of Hagia Sofia.
-Iceland contacts Druids in Ireland.
-Finland is on rebound. But sees strange ships with dark blue flags
-Germany expands military
-French amaze people with booming economy, and Norway has people innumerable
-Northumberland remains united, and builds navy up to most powerful in the world.
-Norways army grows by leaps and bounds. Kreiger knights now as large as regular infantry.
-A new Norwegian chain fails, for sea is to wide.
-France settles area north of Norway
-Paladin UU of France emerges = to the Kreiger
-Wallonia settles most of European islands.
-Arabic empire expands, but appears to be relatively unstable.
Europe, 700 A.D.
-Norway attacks French colony, but discovers it is now Finnish. They attempt a new chain, fails again.
-Ragnars son Jaared dies while hunting, but two twins are birthed, Olaf and Erich.
-Germans buy Italy for a ROP with France allowing them to get back in Paris to counter a Icelandic assault. Completely decimating the Icelanders.
-Northumberland destroys the French Navy.
-Byzantine captures Crete and Wallonian Africa.
-A fight lines up between french pikemen, popes legions, versus byzantine on Italy.
-Muslims settle some of Byzantines lands.
-Arab government saved by Abu Bakrs new introductions. Unfortunately he dies and the people are torn between who will succeed him.