Prior
to 2000 BCE: the region is populated by a Neolithic culture which
creates geometric megalithic alignments and which inters its dead in
conical stone tombs. This is known as the Beehive Tomb Culture.
2000-1000
BCE: Metal-working arrives with what is thought to be an early
Indo-European culture. Pit graves and deeper shaft tombs have been
found in the region of Peshod, Lake Poliszchov
(Bordurian spelling) and
along the valley of the River Prog.
After
800 BCE: Proto-Scythian tribes arrive, bringing advanced
metal-working and iron tools.
6th
century BCE: A text attributed to Heraclitus
of Ephesus lists the
Borynidae and Sossanidae as being tribes who ally themselves with the
Thracians to oppose the Persian invasion of Thrace.
480
BCE: The Borynidae and Sossonidae
are recorded as supplying troops to Xerxes' invasion of Greece.
337
BCE: Alexander the Great defeats the Borynidae in a campaign to
subdue the north.
82
BCE: The region becomes part of the Roman world when the Borynid
chieftain Mognus submits to the Roman general Gnaeus Silenius Hippo.
80
BCE: The Borynidae rise up against the Romans and sack the Roman town
of Colonia Borinium.
64
BCE: The Borynidae and Sossonidae are conquered by the Dacians.
101-2
CE: The lands of the Borynidae are incorporated into the Roman empire
following the campaigns of Trajan. The Sossonids remain under
independent Dacian rule in what gradually becomes known as Soxonia.
c.
270: Roman Borinia, after decades of barbarian incursions is
evacuated. The region returns to the control of the Dacians.
271-290:
Sarmatians and Bastarnae settle in Borinia. A warlord known as Peucus
becomes “king” of Borinia.
306:
Vandals and Goths invade Borinia,
driving many of the inhabitants south and westwards.
336: Constantine the Great defeats an army of Goths, Gepids,
Sossonids and Borinids. The region remains under Gothic control until
around 430 when the region is devastated by the armies of Attila the
Hun.
430-451: Borinia is part of the empire of Attila the Hun.
451-567: Borinia is ruled by Gothic and Gepid warlords. Slavic tribes
arrive in the region.
567: The Avars invade and incorporate the whole region into the Avar
Khaganate.
670: The Khazars invade Borinia and
Soxonia, which is now becomes known as Borydia and a
Khazar warlord, Abrukh builds a citadel on the site of what will
become the city of Soxod, later called Szohôd.
722:
The Khazars are defeated by the Bulgars. A Bulkar warlord, Onoga is
proclaimed Khan of Borydia.
736: Borydia
is invaded by a Byzantine army and is forced to become a vassal.
756:
The Byzantines (Eastern Romans) are defeated by a Borydian army at
the Battle of Pallimia. Constantinople recognises the Khanate as
being an independent kingdom.
810: Borydia is incorporated into the Bulgar Empire.
880: Pechenegs invade Borydia and raze the city of Soxod to the
ground.
951:
A manuscript in
Constantinople records that “the
heathen Borydioi and
Soxonioi are brought
into the Peace of God
with the conversion
of the people by St Demetrios of Nikopopolis.”.
997: Khan Boris III marries Anna Genios, a Byzantine princess.
1012:
A large contingent of
Borydian
troops is sent to Constantinople to aid the emperor in his wars. They
are recorded in the annals as Kataphractoi
Borinioi
and Skutatoi
Borinioi.
1071:
Boryd mercenary troops form
part of the Byzantine army that is defeated at Manzikert by
the Seljuk Turks. They perform relatively well
under their leader, Mikel, who is recorded in a manuscript attributed
to Michael Psellos as Michael Bordorios.
1090-1140:
Greek influence continues to grow in what is now increasingly known
as Bordoria or Borduria. Tsar Osen III is granted the imperial title
of Sebastocrator by the
Emperor John II Komnenos.
1140: The Borynid kingdom is destroyed by steppe invaders. The
country is riven by intercommunal warfare. The Slavic prince Boris
becomes Voivode of Peshod and restores order.
1183:
Dragomir, son of and successor to Boris marries
Alicia, the eldest daughter of
King Muskar II of Syldavia.
1195:
Dragomir
of Peshod, now Voivode of Szohôd and
de facto heir to the Syldavian crown invades
Syldavia and deposes Muskar II,
who is imprisoned in the fortress of Poliszchov, across the Bordurian
border. The
two countries are united under Bordurian rule.
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