Timeline of Middan

This timeline of the history of Middan includes the history of humanity on Middan, and stretches from the beginning of humanity on Middan up until the contemporary period. This system uses the Parvopolian calendar, which divides the history of humanity between the periods of imperial rule into specific ages.

Early Age

 * 15240: The first humans organise into bands of hunter-gatherers, emerging most significantly on the Pyrian plain.
 * 7240: The first humans arrive in northern Ostmark.
 * 5240: The first humans arrive on Exuberant Woods Isle.
 * 3740: The first humans arrive in the Baerish Isles.
 * 0: Beginning of the First Age.

First Age

 * 0: The city of Parvopolis is built, in response to the rise of agriculture on the Parvopolian plain.
 * 310: The Parvopolian Empire is founded when the city-state of Parvopolis conquers several neighbouring tribes and subjects them to Parvopolian rule.
 * 640: The Parvopolian Empire reaches its peak when it expands onto Exuberant Woods Isle.
 * 785: The decline of the Parvopolian Empire begins after natives in contemporary Xephos conquer the Parvopolian colony of Datlovos.
 * 995: The city of Parvopolis is conquered by invaders from the northeast. The remaining colonies of the Empire are spread across Middan, bringing the influence of the Parvopolian civilisation into the cultures of local tribes even after the fall of the Empire.
 * 1020: The Second Age begins.

Second Age

 * 0: The city of Flaxa is built by Parvopolian colonists and native Pyrians. The First Pyrian Republic is founded.
 * 90: The Republic conquers large swathes of Westmark.
 * 320: The Republic conquers western portions of Ostmark, but natives prevent the further eastwards conquest of the region.
 * 350: The First Pyrian Republic begins a period of stagnation, as its greatest prosperity is fueled by constant expansion.
 * 490: After nearly losing the province of Xephos Minor to raiders from the east, the Consul Maximilian Alexandrus Boranus deposes the government in a coup d’état and declares himself Emperor. The Pyrian Empire is established.
 * 495: Emperor Maximilian I begins a series of campaigns in the east to conquer all of the world.
 * 560: By the end of his life, Maximilian I has conquered the entirety of the landmass which makes up the world, and even attempted to invade the Baerish Isles navally.
 * 610: The Rytean Uprising in the least stable northeastern provinces of the Pyrian Empire leads to an oppressive occupation of the region. Civil war erupts when the Ryteans refuse to allow many garrisons to be constructed in the region.
 * 635: After nearly three decades of fighting, the Pyrian forces suppress the Rytean rebellion and establish some control over the region.
 * 775: The Pyrian Empire begins a decline after they lose control of a large portion of Rytea to Baerish invaders.
 * 830: Most of Rytea and all of Lalna have been lost to the Baerish, and unrest in Sein begins at the hands of natives.
 * 845: The Baerish are driven out of Rytea and Lalna by native lords, who maintain the independence of those regions.
 * 850: The Third Age begins.