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The Germanic Angles had invaded and settled in Briton c.450 AD. By 501 the Celtic nations of Powys, Dumnonia and Reget united together in an alliance to drive the Angles out. In 501 Powys raided Anglia and Dumnonia was able to conquer all of Kent up to London. In 506 Anglia split with Aengland and sided with Powys. In March of that year, the Aenglish re-took Kent in a very bloody two-day battle.
Reget invaded the Angle region of Holland in 511 and quickly conquered it, killing the Angle Prince Coelwulf in the battle. Later that year the Aenglish met a combined Powys-Dumnonian-Reget army at Aylesford in Kent and were utterly crushed, with King Aelle falling.
In besieged London, a short civil war broke out in which Hengest the last of Aelle's sons was killed. The few remaining Angle troops surrendered the city. Germanic power in Briton was wiped out.
The Akan king sent the crown prince Cyril with almost 17,000 men into Yoruba to try and conquer that upstart nation. Yoruba's king Magius waited with 18,000 men. After fierce fighting the Yoruban army was routed. The Akans was then able to take the capital of Magiusta without a fight, thus conquering Yoruba.
In 521 the Powysians attempted to liberate Iona from Albion. The Powysian navy was defeated and driven off and the rioting in Iona broken up. This was not the true beginning of the war though for in that same year, even after the Celtic Schism, a Princess of Celtic Reget was wed to Brude, king of Albion.
The Celtic Alliance of Reget, Powys and Dumnonia agreed on an invasion of Albion by 526. A large Celtic navy sank the Pictish navy in the Irish Sea, which opened up the route to Iona. In response to this Iona rose up in rebellion against the Druidic Picts. The rebels were able to open the gates for the landing Powysians who turned the tide and liberated Iona, Seat of the Celtic Church.
In early 527 the combined Celtic armies invaded Albion. Brude, realizing he was hopelessly outnumbered called on his people to prepare for a great migration. The Celts had pushed too far in for the lowland Scots to migrate but the highland Picts were able to with the stalling tactics of the Albionese army. The armies met outside of Scone. The Celts had 51,000 warriors to 28,000 for Albion. The Picts were wiped out, almost to the man. King Brude was also killed but they had given their countrymen time to flee north into the sea and the unknown. When the Celts stormed Scone they killed the Druidic Christian Patriarch Aldair.
Civil war had erupted in China. The new Hu Empire agreed to give Annam and Dai Viet back to Champa, who had lost them in the Golden Dragon-Champan War. The Dragon Empire swore to keep them for China. Champa invaded Annam in 602 with 15,000 soldiers. Opposing them were 12,000 elite Shaolin warriors. After a fierce battle the Champans were forced to withdraw suffering 11,000 casualties to the 3000 Shaolin.
In 606 the Champans returned and quickly pacified Dai Viet. Next, the Champans got revenge by utterly destroying the Dragon army in Annam.
When King Basil died in 581, General Flavius killed the teenaged heir Nicaphorus and then marched on the capital. The city fell to him without a struggle and he executed all of the Mamikonians, establishing his own dynasty, the Flavians.
In 549 King Cadfael died. He was the last of his line. A brief civil war around the capital soon established a new dynasty. The province of Anjou refused to support the new dynasty however. In 551 King Talorc crushes the Anjou rebels and rejoined the province to the realm.
King Talorc invaded the Avar lands in 567 and he and his entire army were destroyed. He had left no heir so the kingdom's Nobles immediately began fighting amongst themselves for the throne. After months of bloody warfare Basil of Brittany was able to gain the throne. However over half of the kingdom had rebelled and broken off, including the newly colonized south.
In 517 the entire royal family and a large part of the nobility were wiped out by the Ganges plague. Amidst the chaos the regions of Chela, Kakatiya, Karnata and Pawar all revolted as the central government collapsed. Out of the chaos Lord Arami ascended to the throne and was able to restore order.
In March, 511 Aden sent 5000 troops into Asir in an attempt to enlarge their kingdom. The Asir united and mustered 4000 troops. In the end Aden was forced to withdraw with 3500 casualties, while the Asir lost 2500.
In 516 King Addullah of Aden led an invasion himself. In a bloody one-day battle, Asir fell to Aden.
Emperor Theodosius II of Rome had been forced to give up one-half of Italy to the Temukin Khanate. So with a need for new lands, in 566 he invaded the Arian Avars, in former Burgundy. Theodosius' agents fomented rebellion in Provence and then moved in to assist it. The Avar Khan Kublai moved to confront the Romans and defeated the Legions, putting down the rebellion at the same time. 26,000 of the 32,000 Roman invaders perished.
Early the next year King Talorc of Armorica led his armies into Avar lands. Kublai crushed this army also, killing over 25,000 Celts.
In 581 the Avar retook Provence.
In 586 the Avars and Armoricans both marched towards each other for war. After the Avars overran Gascony they met in Limousin. The battle saw 24,000 Armoricans die and the Armorican army routed. The Avars lost only 4500.
The Catholic host invaded Avar Provence in 587, while the Lombards invaded Aragon. The armies met in Languedoc. The Avar army of 22,000 was annihilated while the Catholics suffered 54,000 dead in their victory, along with the Ulani Khan Kublai and the Prince Romulus of Rome.
The Lombards conquered Avar Catalonia in 588. The combined Catholic forces defeated the last of the Avars and conquered Valencia in 589.
The Danes, Croats and Burgundians all conspired to grab land from the teetering Gothic dynasty of Bavaria. In 552 the Danes invaded from the north. This invasion drew the response of King Octar. Greatly outnumbered the Bavarians began to fall back but were attacked from behind by the Croat army. Sandwiched between the two armies the Bavarians were wiped out to the man. The armies then spent the next year gobbling up the provinces of the collapsing kingdom.
The newly renamed Aquilonia, the former Dumnonia, set out to unite the British Isles under their control. In 561 Aquilonia's army invaded and quickly pacified the Powysian regions of Powys and Gwynned and laid siege to Caer Swys, the capital of Powys. Pope Agapetus tried to excommunicate King Tristan for his aggression, but it failed as the people of Aquilonia ignored it. During the year a fleet from the Celtic Church tried to end the Aquilonian blockade of Caer Swys, but was defeated. A short time later the Powysian navy was also destroyed and the blockade continued.
The siege of Caer Swys continued all through 562 and 563. The city finally fell in June 564. Aquilonia sacked and burned the city. Caer Swys was no more. With the fall of the capital the Angles revolted and declared their independence from Powys.
The Aquilonians also conducted piracy in the North Sea during this time.
In 566 the Aquilonians changed the name of their realm to Britannia to reflect the reality that they were the rulers of Britain. In that same year the Britannic navy met the navy of Reget in the North Sea and sank over 75% of it. The Norse had sent a fleet of transports to land in Reget but they were met by the victorious Britannians and destroyed.
Next Britannia sent an army of over 30,000 men into the Reget homeland of Northumbria and destroyed the Regetian defenders to the man, all 16,000 of them. The region was then pacified with all Celtic holy sites sacked and looted. Caer-Ebrauc, the capital, was next besieged through out the year and into the next. Finally in 567 the city surrendered and met the same fate as the capital of Powys. It was sacked and burned.
With the destruction of the capital the Picts in Albion rose up in rebellion. Even Scone fell to the rebels after heavy fighting.
The Britannic possession of Orkney revolted with Norse aid at about this time.
In early 571 the Danes defeated the Britannic navy in the North Sea, allowing the Regetians to flee from Britain. The Regetians fled north to an unknown location. Britannia then conquered Lothian. Meanwhile the Powysian king landed in Wales and fomented a revolt against Britannia. By 572 all of Wales was back in Powysian hands. In that same year the Persians arrived off of Britain to try and seek revenge against Reget over Cyrus' death. A combined Danish-Regetian fleet attempted to defeat the Persians but was crushed, with the Regetian heir and the Dane king being killed.
During 573-574 Britannia crushed the Powysian revolution in Wales, killing King Gryffed.
Britannia overran the last Powysian-held province in Britain in 576. At this same time, the Danish State was erupting into civil war. This allowed the Germans of Anglia to proclaim a new, reconstituted Kingdom of Anglia. Shortly afterwards, the Britannians overran the province, after severe fighting, and sacked the city of Ipswhich.
In 581 a combined Danish-Merovingian navy met the Britannian navy, but was utterly smashed, with King Harold of the Franks being taken prisoner. The Britannians then sailed for Iona, the Holy City of the Celtic Church and occupied it. There the Britannians converted to the Celtic faith.
In 582 Britannia invaded and conquered the last Powys possession of Erie, killing King Llewelyn and occupying Sidhe Castle. During this time, the Reget exiles returned home and liberated Lothian. The Reget navy then transported Merovingian troops to occupy Ipswich. In 584 the Merovingians moved out and overran Anglia. Later that year, the two sides met in battle. Prince Owen of Britannia was kidnapped, and the Catholic Pope captured. The Merovingians were pushed back into Anglia, with Crown Prince Pepin being captured.
In 586, the Catholic nations agreed to peace with Britannia. Britannia mustered all of its strength for a final assault on Reget. The nation quickly fell after all of its army and royal family, including King Rhun, fell in battle.
The Alamanni and Ulania plotted to destroy Bohemia. The Alamanni were to invade from the north and Ulania from the south. The Bohemian army, led by King John, met the Ulani invaders in Bohemia. The Bohemian army was destroyed and King John was killed. Prague was then sacked and Ulania ravaged and occupied southern Bohemia. In the north, the Alamanni easily conquered the northern half of the kingdom.
The Gupta sent an army numbering 75,000 into Burma in 531. The regions of Gaur, Assam and Samatata were conquered. A smaller army also raided the northern part of Burma. In early 532 the Gupta moved down from the mountains and caught the Burmese unprepared. King Dei was able to scrape together 10,000 men but they were quickly annihilated. Only 1000 men made it back to the capital, the king not among them. The Gupta spent the last of the fall pacifying the surrounding regions. Prince Dei-Van, the last of the royal family was crowned king but died at the end of the year.
In 533 the Gupta laid siege to Pagan, the capital, which only held out till April. With the fall of the capital and the extinction of the royal family, the outlying areas declared their independence from Burma, which ceased to exist. The Gupta spent the next two years consolidating their control and outlawing Buddhism.
In 546 the Celtic nations of Reget and Powys sent troops to the continent to assist their Bretonnian allies. In Italy, Emperor Cronan ordered his armies led by Legate Gedna north to aid the Bretonnians, even though his nation's clergy sided with Rome. Gedna, however, also supported Agapetus and instead arrested the Imperial family, Crown Prince Galerus being killed when he tried to flee. The young Prince Theodosius swore for Agapetus. The Pope declared Gedna regent for the boy. The Emperor then marched on Rome to rescue his family with 7000 soldiers. Gedna faced him with 21,000. After much fighting the Emperor was killed and his legions surrendered. Four regions refused to recognize the new child Emperor and the Regency and revolted. 547 saw the Lombards, Franks and Danes move through Burgundy taking control of the church's sites and then giving them to Pope John. The Franks and Danes then returned home.
In 548 the combined Bretonnian forces laid siege to Genoa. In June Gedna's legions attacked the Bretonnians outside of Genoa. Agapetus spoke to the Bretonnians and a few thousand crossed over and joined Gedna, the Lombard general Grunwald amongst them. The Lombard vassal, the Dux of Asturia also left the field and returned home. After a long battle, the Imperial troops were victorious as the Bretonnians withdrew from the field. Of the 70,000 total troops fighting, an amazing 52,000 perished, along with Grunwald, the Lombard General.
The amount of blood spilt led the Bretonnians to give up their cause and return to the church in 551 for the sake of Europe and the Church.
In 530 a council of the Catholic heads of Europe decided to allow the Lombards to migrate to Visigothic Spain.
The Lombard nation converted to Catholicism in 531 and marched west towards Spain with their new allies the Croats. In southern Burgundy they met up with an army comprised of Franks, Burgundians and even Church troops. The Catholic army comprised of over 93,500 men.
Early the next year the Catholics marched into Spain. A small Visigothic army was garrisoning Catalonia. Numbering 13,500 it was soon annihilated and the Burgundians occupied the region.
Murcia was overrun and Cordoba besieged in 533. In early fall the region of Andalusia was invaded by the Catholics. King Alaric III met the invaders with 20,000 men. Alaric was wounded as his army was crushed. The survivors withdrew into Seville, the capital, which was immediately besieged. In the spring of 534 the city was assaulted. After bloody warfare the walls were breached and the city fell. Alaric was killed, as was the entire royal family save for Prince Dameric who was not in the city. Cordoba fell in August 534.
Dameric, the last of the Alaringians, was declared king of the remaining Visigoths. In 536 an agreement was reached in which the Goths would migrate back to their ancient homelands in the east and leave Spain to the Lombards. This they did and the Lombards conquered and enslaved the remaining Arians. Seville, the Goth capital was sacked and then rebuilt. As the Goths traveled east they were joined by groups of pagan Saxons fleeing the long fighting with Denmark.
In 587-588 wild raiders swept through Kara-Khitai looting Ortrar, Bokhara, Singanakh and Kwarzim. The newly reconstituted Dar Al-Harb was blamed for the attack as retaliation for Islam's defeat in the Second Islamic War. In fear of Kara-Khitai, Dar Al-Harb migrated north during the early 590's.
In 643 two Champan generals, the so-called "blood brothers", rebelled against the kingdom and marched on the capital. They were met by the king and his brother. In a bloody battle near the city the rebel army was crushed and the two generals captured.
After the initial victory over the rebels, the king continued to rule ineffectively which led to more revolts eventually. The kings brother Tri Jayavarman collected his army and marched towards the capital. However, a Champan general had had the same idea and the two armies met before they got to the capital. The prince's army was victorious and the rebel general executed. Tri Jayavarman then entered the city and deposed the king. The regions of Hmong, Man Pung and Korat revolted over this.
While this was going on an army from Pegu entered Champan territory and conquered and enslaved the region of Nakhon.
Egypt and the Coptic alliance decided to invade the Arian lands to try and drive the Arians out of Africa and Sicily. The Coptic forces quickly overran the Vandal province of Gefara. Shortly afterwards, the Volcanic island of Vulcan exploded, raising from the sea. The Egyptian forces in Gefara where battered, losing 5000 men in the ensuing tidal waves and storms. The first Coptic invasion of Tunisia was a stalemate, with the Copts forced to withdrawe, tbut the Vandal forces severely depleted. Soon the Theban Legion arrived to aid the Egyptians and the second invasion of Tunisia went more smoothly, with the Copts making it to the gates of Carthage.
Meanwhile, an invasion of the Arian kingdom of Sicily was being plotted in Rome. The Theban Legion made an amphibious invasion of Sicily. The Theban grandmaster was captured soon after, and after three battles near the coast the Thebans were forced to flee back to their ships and sail to Italy. A second Theban invasion of Sicily failed to establish a beachhead and they once again sailed to Italy. A third invasion worked better until the Vulcan tidal waves damaged their forces and they once again withdrew from Sicily.
The next year, the Egyptians broke off a 10,000 man force from the their army besieging Carthage to finish subduing Tripolitania. Soon after the Arians struck from three sides: an army from the west, and army from the south-east and from the city-gates. Both armies had 50,000 men, however the Arians had surprise and the Copts were in low supply. In the end the Coptic army was annihilated, Carthage relieved and Tunisia liberated. The Copts were able to score a victory out to sea, crushing the Vandal fleet and controlling Carthage Bay by 692. In 693, the Arians invaded Gefara to try and liberate it. After bloody fighting, the Arians were forced to withdraw, but the Copts were also too weak to counter-attack.
The Arians declared a holy war against Egypt and the Copts in 696. The crusaders marched towards Egypt, liberating Gefara and conquering Tripolitania, Lybia, Ad’Diffah and the city of Tiber. Meanwhile, the Theban Legion invaded vandal Morocco and sacked the city of Fez.
In 706 the Egyptians moved against the crusaders with an army three-times their size. After horrendous battles that left over 100,000 men dead, the crusaders were forced to withdraw into the city of Chalice (Tiber). Also at this time, the Theban Legion sacked and burned the city of Algiers.
During this time, the Western Romans were able to conquer Malta from the Vandals.
Ruvavak, Chief of the Croats, decided to convert to Catholicism in 526 after talks with the Church. This led to a split with-in the Croat Tribal Federation as the Lombards and Slovenes immediately rebelled. Hermann, Chief of the Lombards was declared king of the new Kingdom of the Lombards with Peotr, Chief of the Slovenes swearing fealty to him. At the same time Ruvavak was assassinated inside the Church of Ravenna, probably by Church officials.
Prince Ivankov declared himself king in Ravenna while much of the army flocked to general Pretskov. Pretskov laid siege to Ravenna for four years until Ivankov died and the city surrendered. Pretskov then established the Kingdom of Croatia and declared himself king.
Pope Agapetus excommunicated King Vladimar in 561 over an alleged Croat plot to assassinate him. His own son Tomislav tried to assassinate Vladimar but was killed in the fight.
In Karlovac Lord Treskov and his army rebelled against the king and declared Karlovac's independence. Prince Petreskov rose up and seized Senjska and the city of Zagreb. The lands then declared direct fealty to the Pope. In Ravenna, rioting was put down and the Catholic sites looted and burned. Because of the losses, the Croats were forced to migrate to Africa.
In early summer of 506, King Tru Rhan of Champa invaded Dai Viet with 10,000 troops. The Dai Viet had half that. On July 7th the two armies met. The Viet army was annihilated and King Ho was killed. Champa lost 3500 casualties. With the death of the king, the Dai Viet government collapsed and the nation fell apart.
King Ragnar died in 576. Many of Denmark's subject peoples used this as an excuse to revolt. In Germania, the pagan Saxons once again revolted against their Christian masters. Athelstan, of the House of Aesc, and an in-law of the Skioldungs, successfully revolted and consolidated much of Danish Germania under him into the kingdom of Saxony.
In Britain, Prince Faromod briefly seized Danish Anglia and declared his independence. Britannia soon snuffed out his revolt.
King Caenwulf of Denmark converted to Eastern Orthodoxy in 511 and demanded that all of Denmark do like wise. The regions of Danzig and Holstein wished to follow the old ways and took up arms. The king's own in-laws from Holstein were the leaders of the rebellion. Aesc, brother-in-law of Caenwulf and leader of the Saxon pagan rebels, was defeated and fled across the border into Saxony.
King Caenwulf invaded and pacified rebellious Danzig in 516.
At this time, Denmark had been attempting to expand into the East. Many of these regions quickly rebelled, with prince Ethelwulf joining them.
In 538 the Danish lands began to rebel over the conversion to Catholicism. Most of the eastern lands were lost with only Kauyavia being put down. In 539 Magnulf moved south to deal with the rebellions. In rebellious Holstein he ran into Saxons being led by his uncle Aesc. Eventually the Saxons were pushed out but the Danes did not have enough men to continue the war.
King Magnulf of Denmark planned an invasion of Orthodox Svearland as a pre-emptive strike because of his conversion to Catholicism. The Danes crossed over the sea to Skane in 536. From there they conquered Smaland.
In 537 the Danes conquer Uppsala.
The few remaining Svear, including King Olaf struck agreements with the Danes and the Eastern Empire. Olaf would marry the daughter of the Emperor and migrate south into southern Greece. There they would found the city of Varingiapolis, their feudal domain. For their part, the Danes allowed them to leave. The migration began in 541.
The Black Dragon decided to invade their enemies in Honan. So in 611 they quickly overran Shentung and laid siege to Si-Lei. The siege was a disaster, with the Black Dragons losing so many men that they not only had to abandon the siege, but also withdraw from Shentung, which was liberated. The Dragons attempted an invasion of the Honan homeland but also suffered a defeat, with the Dragon heir being captured.
While the battle was raging in Honan, the Shaolin with-in the Honan capital of Pienching attacked. After much fighting the city fell to the Shaolin, but was in turn besieged by Honan.
In 616 the Shaolin stormed out of the city to try and lift the siege. After a fierce battle, the Shaolin were forced to retreat back into the city. Meanwhile, the pagan H'Suing Nu were on the march. Shangtung was overrun and Tiatmen besieged, falling the next year. A Black Dragon army moved into Shensi at the same times as a Hu army. The Dragons were forced to withdraw, although they killed more Hu than they lost (32,000 to 4,500).
All the while a Hu army was going through out China destroying and burning Shaolin sites. Many, many sites were destroyed. Tsainan fell to the H'Suing Nu in 617. After a yearlong siege the city of Morrischan fell to the H'Suing Nu, who brutally sacked the city. The H'Suing Nu raid Honan lands during 618 and 619.
In 621 the H'Suing Nu army was met and defeated by the Hu at the battle of Yangtze River. Religious troops from the Mahayana looted and pillaged Hu lands, but are finally destroyed in 622. In 623 a great battle was fought in Shengtung between the Hu and Honan on one side and the Black Dragons and Shaolin on the other. After fierce fighting and horrific losses the Black Dragons and Shaolin withdrew.
In 626 a Hu Army led by emperor Hu Gwei met a Black Dragon army led by emperor Wei Lu in Chinling. The Black Dragons were routed and Wei Lu narrowly escaped. Next Hu Gwei invaded Honan Funui but was defeated by another Black Dragon army and forced to withdraw back home. The Black Dragons had conquered the Honan provinces of Shentung and Tangchou before entering Funui. While Honan lost three provinces, their Black Dragon occupied capital rebelled and expelled the Dragons.
As this was happening the Hindu Sect of Shiva sent raiders into China to take advantage of the chaos there. Hu Gwei was able to reform his army and meet the Hindus in Kweichou. The Hindus were completely routed and flung back home, but Hu Gwei was killed in the battle.
In 630 the Black Dragon general Liu, disgusted with Dragon losses by the emperor seized the bulk of the army and set upon a rebellion, seizing Shensi and surrounding regions. To add to the Black Dragon woes, there western regions were raided by Islamic armies from Dar Al'Harb.
In 632 the Mongols once again returned to China. After raiding outlaying Hu regions, the Mongols enetered Hupei in 633 to confront the Hu emperor. The Mongols had 140,000 men while the Hu had 20,000 backed by 80 forts. The Hu were forced to withdraw into the city after losing half their men. However, the Mongols had lost over 20,000. The Mongols then tried to take the capital of Chang;ling. Almost 40,000 Mongols died in the futile assault.
Before the Mongol invasion the Hu and Black Dragon had reached a temporary peace.
In 637 the Hu launched a major campaign to try and liberate Hupei from the Mongols. The Hu and the Shaolin attacked with 50,000 troops. The Mongols had 90,000. The battles began in the spring and were to last until the fall. In the end, the Mongols retained Hupei but lost about 45,000 troops. The Hu and the Shaolin lost 32,000.
In 642 the fighting between the Black Dragons and Honan heated up again. A Black Dragon army besieged the city of Si-Lei, which fell quickly. Honan did retake the region of Taiping with minimal fighting.
In 647 Honan conquered the region of Shentung, defeating a Black Dragon army there. Honan then quickly re-took Si-Lei back. The Honan emperor Chu Xi then attacked into Hsuing'Nu-held Tsainan and routed the army there, retaking the region that had fallen to Hsuing'Nu early that year. Lastly he conquered the region of Shangtung.
Hu retook Nan Chao in 656.
In 661 the Black Dragon emperor Lui II assembled 33,000 troops and retook Shentung and the city of Si-Lei in quick order. Meanwhile a Black Dragon army also invaded the Honan region of Tangchou. Honan's emperor reacted and annihilated the army and liberated Tangchou.
Hsiung'Nu sent a large army to again retake Shantung from Honan in 671. A short time after taking the region, the Mongols invaded Black Dragon lands. So the army again left Shantung and march into Shangtu to confront the Mongols. At the Battle of Shantung the Hsiung'Nu attacked the looting Mongols with 10,000 men. The Mongols had 48,000. The Hsiung'Nu threw the Mongols back, killing 11,000 men as well as Khan Takata. They also captured the Khan of the Uighurs. The Hsiung'Nu lost 3000 men.
With the Mongols dealt with, Hsiung'Nu sent another army 12,000 strong back into Shantung in 676. This time Honan had an army 15,000 strong waiting for them though. Honan's army was routed and forced to withdraw after fierce fighting.
The death of emperor Norisus was seen as an opportunity by many to revolt against the realm. The new emperor Abubakar was able to stop various rebel leaders, including two of his brothers. Admiral Nobulus did rebel and gained control of the navy. Once he saw that the throne was out of reach, he left Egypt with the fleet. Five regions and three cities did declare their independence from Egypt as well.
When Emperor Anistasios died in 518 a new adopted Emperor, Ioustinos, assumed the throne. Many areas of the Empire saw this as an excuse to rebel. The outlying areas of Ludgorie, Pontus, Carhae and Psidia all broke off from the Empire. A rebellion in Constantinople itself was quickly put down and its leaders arrested.
Prince Arcavius briefly declared himself Emperor and set up his throne in Jerusalem. However, he quickly submitted to the most serious of rebellions. That of Agoruvix of Egypt. Agoruvix was able to relatively easily gain control of Egypt and the Levant and be anointed King of Roman Egypt by the Coptic Patriarch Romarius.
King Mawuli claimed that his ally Akan was attempting to infiltrate and supvert his kingdom. So in 637 he invaded Akan with 21,000 troops. Akan, outnumbered, withdrew to their capital of Akan City but were soon overrun and king Can Frou captured and executed. Mawauli then had his armies loot and pillage the Akan countryside. However, Mawuli refused to share the loot with his generals and troops, so the army rebelled, killed Mawuli and stormed the capital city. The Generals then installed a military dictatorship.
Meanwhile the Theban Legion had sent an army south to assist Kanem. The Theban army overran and conquered the region of Yaruba in 639. In 640 the Theban Legion grandmaster died and Master Magius declared himself and his region independent of the Legion, creating the Kingdom of Yaruba.
Formal fighting ended by 640 even though there was no official peace treaty.
Ethiopia saw the elevation of two weak kings in quick succession. One in 668 and the other in 672. There was also much dissension and intrigue in the capital and government. Many regional lords saw this as an opportunity to revolt and twelve regions declared their independence during these years.
In 681 Ulania again attacked the Black Rose, this time with the intention of destroying them completely. Ulania invaded Bavaria with 40,000 troops, while the Black Rose were only able to gather 10,000 men. The battle became a slaughter and all Black Rose resistance collapsed with the battle. The government collapsed and fled and the regions were occupied with minimal bloodshed.
Grandmaster Ormazd died in 627, leaving a power vacuum. Two rival master vied for the leadership: Haezahd and Mashahd. The two armies met in Meopotamia with the challenger Haezahd winning the battle and ascending to the Grandmastership.
When king Paco died, Lord Patamon marched to the capital and arrested prince Ahmik, the true heir. Other lords of the realm sided with the rightful Powtuneepi king and marched on the capital to confront Patamon. In a bloody battle outside the capital Patamon's forces were victorious and all opposition to him was crushed. Muskogee and Taposa did revolt over the coup though.
The Southern Dragon decided to expand their Empire at Champa's expense, so in 556 their armies set out. Annam was quickly overran and pacified. The Dragons then laid siege to Tonkin, which was being blockaded by the Dragon navy. A Champan army arrived to help lift the siege but was crushed after a large battle. Tonkin surrendered after a short siege. Lingnan was then conquered.
In 541 the Dragon armies of the North swiftly overran the Toba Wei province of Kansu.
The Northern Dragons again invaded Toba Wei lands in 546. The Dragons moved in and wiped out the garrison in Yanzhi but then the Toba King Wei Sin reacted to the invasion and moved in to confront the Dragon army. The Toba had 26,000 men to the Dragons 28,000. The Dragons were soundly beaten and fled the field suffering 23,000 casualties. The victorious Toba lost 6000.
Emperor Mashatra died in 561 with out a declared heir. The Empress Kalrini and Prince Enhata vied for the throne. Kalrini was able to secure the support of the Guard and had Enhata arrested and executed. In the east Lord Bherampti killed his rivals and secured the loyalty of the local garrisons. He then declared a kingdom centered on Pegu. When news of the infighting between the Guptas and the Pegu revolt spread many regions also revolted. All of the former Burmese lands broke off and worst of all much of the west did as well, with the Gupta losing most of their trade fleet.
In 566 Kalrini gathered up an army 120,000 strong to put an end to the upstart Pegu. Three neutral regions in Burma quickly submitted, but Pegu met the Empress on the battlefield. Pegu was able to defeat the much larger Gupta army and force their withdrawal. In 581 Pegu agreed to pay tribute to avoid another invasion.
Emperor Hettu died in 616, leaving the succession to the throne an issue. His son Khali was declared Emperor, but his brother Hattu rebelled, taking nearly half of the armies. Lord Ebhorta commanded the allegiance of the armies not taking a side. Eventually Ebhorta, tired of both Gupta claimants, marched north, conquering the northwestern regions and declaring himself Emperor of Udyana. Hattu assaulted the Imperial capital of Bihar, but was repulsed. Tired, he marched west, took control of those regions and sat up a rival Empire of Edrosia. After word of Gupta fighting Gupta spread, most of the outlying regions and the Burmese territories rebelled as well.
Hattu chose to side with Khali and the rest of the Hindu world in 621 against Udyana. A combined Asamakaran-Edrosian army marched north towards the Udyanan capital. Meanwhile, the Gupta liberated many regions from Udyana. The next year the allied army reached the Udyanan capital and laid siege to it.Edrosia then turned on the Asamakarans and joined Udyana. Meanwhile the Udyana army had mutinied and killed Ebhorta so instead Udyana's army marched away and left Edrosia to fight Asamakara alone. The Edrosians were forced to withdraw into Chitor. At that time the Mongols arrived to join the Gupta alliance.
While all of this was going on Pegu decided to leave the Hindu alliance and attack the Gupta. Pegu quickly overran Assam, Guar and Palas. They also kidnapped Khali, the Gupta Emperor. Champa, being a loyal member of the Hindu alliance, then attacked Pegu. Nakhaon, Thataon and Pegu were occupied while a siege of the Pegu capital was defeated.
Champa withdrew their forces from the conquered Pegu lands in 626 and they quickly revolted. The Champans did manage to sack Bangkok though.
Pegu's forces withdrew back home and waited for the next invasion. They did not have to wait long. The Gupta prince Hesharu invaded with 50,000 men in 627. Pegu was able to defeat the Guptans and force them to withdraw even though they were outnumbered. The Gupta did succeed in defeating Edrosia and ending that rebellion. A combined Guptan-Mongol army crushed the last rebel army but suffered great losses while doing it.
Tired of the fighting, all parties seem to have agreed to peace in 630.
In 701 the Gupta emperor Hupta died from a sickness that spread through the capital, killing all of the royal family. Three generals began fighting amongst themselves to see who would succeed Hupta. Eventually the empire was destroyed, with each general getting a portion: Palas, Chandela and Rajput.
To make matters worse for India, the sickness and unrest spread south into Asamakara as well. Many northern regions and cities of the empire revolted.
In 501 King Pei Wu of Hopei abdicated his throne to establish a Buddhist primacy. He bequeathed his nation to his neighbors. Thus began the Hopei wars for his former people refused to accept foreign rule.
As soon as Pei Wu abdicated Hopei splintered into three separate nations. The outer province of Chi'an declared its independence and a leader united the western regions into the Huang Empire. The Hopei admiral Xu Nu sailed to the capital, seized power and declared himself king of Hopei. Xu Nu crushed the Huang army in a battle on June 23rd 506, killing the Huang king in the process. Huang dissolved.
Xu Nu then sent Lord Pan Vi to Tsainan to offer a dynastic marriage.In June of 507 Hunan sent Shu the Butcher to Tsainan. Shu quickly overran the region, killing its leaders along with Pan Vi.
King Xu Nu, ignorant of the fall of Tsainan, was marching there for his marriage to the daughter of Tsainan's ruler. Shu attacked the king on July 16th. Outnumbered 3-1 and totally surprised the Hopei fought as best they could but soon broke and fled back to Hopei. 6500 Hopei warriors fell in battle. The Hunan lost only 1500 and captured 2000 Hopei prisoners.
In 511 Shan'si erupted in rebellion against Xu Nu. At the same time Hunan invaded Hopei with two armies, one led by Shu the Butcher. In the first day of battle the Hopei lost 16,000 men. The Hu lost over 17,500 and Shu was captured and executed. Xu Nu withdrew into the capital of Kaifeng. The Shensi sent a navy to blockade the city. After a four-month siege the city surrendered and Xu Nu was executed. What was left of the nation of Hopei dissolved into chaos.
Nineteen years after the fall of Liao-Yang the Liaoized H'Suing Nu marched forth for vengeance on their old enemies. In 541 the H'Suing Nu raided and looted the Korean provinces of Lu'an, Bao-Ding, Yen and Shangtung.
In 551 the H'Suing returned and quickly overran the local garrisons of Lu'an and Yen. The Koreans reacted, sending an army 18,000 strong to reclaim Lu'an.The 12,000 man H'Suing Nu army used the Great Wall to their advantage and defeated the Koreans, killing Crown Prince Kim Ho in the process. The Koreans had better luck in Bandao where an army led by the aging King Ura crushed an invading H'Suing Nu army.
In 566 H'Suing Nu armies invaded Liao-Tung and Parhae. The Koreans retained Liao-Tung but lost Parhae to the H'Suings.
In 567 the H'Suing Nu overran Bandao and again attacked Liao-Tung, the old Liao homeland. After a bloody battle the Koreans were able to hold on to the region.
In 570 a peasant revolt in Shangtung drove out the Koreans.
In 573, H'Suing Nu scouts aided the Dragon assault on Korea. With its fall in 575, the 75 year long war finally ended.
Hu emperor Hu Tii’s two sons plotted to overthrow their father, who they saw as weak. The rebel army easily conquered the capital and killed the old emperor.
By 521 a charismatic leader deep in Arabia had welded the wild tribes of that peninsula into a united force with a new radical religion called Islam. Mohammed, the leader, then sent his armies out to bring his message to the rest of the world by fire and sword.
In September 521 an Islamic army of 115,000 warriors laid siege to the Persian fortress of Dur Khosru in Arabic As'Summan. The Persian garrison of 20,000 held out during the winter but by spring they tried to make a break for it and were wiped out to the man. The Muslims lost only 1500 men. Next Abu Bekr, the Arab general, invaded the Persian province of Babylonia. Persian Emperor Shapur IV assembled an army totaling 49,000 troops. In the end, Shapur was forced to withdraw back into Mesopotamia. He left 39,000 dead. The Arabs lost 28,000.
With reinforcements Shapur scraped together 34,000 men to defend the capital of Ctesiphon. Abu Bekr moved north and assaulted this army with 92,500 warriors. After an all night battle the Arabs were forced to withdraw. They then conquered Babylonia and Chaldea during 523 and established the Shahdom of Abadon.
Meanwhile a second Islamic army invaded the Egyptian lands of Syria and Levant. In November of 521 the Muslims overran Hijaz and Jordan and then invaded Levant. The invaders numbered 80,000 and quickly annihilated the Egyptian army of 13,000 men. Jerusalem was then put under siege. In May of 522 the city could not hold out any longer and it surrendered. The Arabs then move north and crushed the army of the Dux of Syria. Damascus fell after a six-month long siege in January 524. Lebanon fell next and the Emirate of Syria was established.
A third smaller army swept over the Gulf area of Arabia and established the Emirate of Oman.
Persia and Abadon reach an agreement in 526. The Muslims agreed to withdraw to Syria. Unfortunately, Abu Bekr tried to betray the Persians and he attempted an invasion of Egypt instead. This led to a Holy war being called against Abu Bekr by the Zoroastrian Primate. The Muslims easily overran Sinai and Mansura and were able to cross the Nile by posing as migrating Syrians. The Egyptians were slowly pushed back until Abu Bekr was wounded and his men fell back across the Nile. Over 20,000 Muslim and 14,500 Egyptian dead littered the battlefield.
The Muslims had left 18,000 troops in Sinai led by Prince Gamel to militarily convert the region. In swept 70,000 Zoroastrian zealots. All 18,000 Muslims including Prince Gamel were wiped out. Next the Zoroastrians moved into Mansura and ran into Abu Bekr's fleeing army. After a severe battle in which thousands died the remaining Muslims escaped north into Syria.
The Imam of Mecca, seeing Aden and Oman convert to Zoroastrianism in 571, declared a holy war against Zoroastriandom. An assassin seriously wounded Persian Emperor Yazdegerd III before the Islamic forces invaded Mesopotamia in that year, which hampered his ability to lead his army. In the battle for Babylonia Yazdegerd was killed and the Persian army routed with serious loses. Meanwhile, during that same time, another Islamic army invaded Lebanon and Aleppo, crushing the local garrisons and feudal troops. In 572 the Muslims attempted an invasion of the capital itself. They were defeated and crushed by a combined Persian-Zoroastrian Church army. The remnants fled back to Arabia.
During 573, two battles were fought with the Muslim army in the west near Aleppo. Ardashir III finally destroyed the Islamic army and captured its commander.
Also during 573-575, the Persian navy crushed many uprisings in Oman and Aden over those kingdoms conversion to Zoroastrianism.
Harar heeded the call of the Imam and set off for war in 576. Allowed to march through Ethiopia, they were stopped at the Egyptian border. There a great battle took place, with the Muslims forced to withdraw back home.
Oman reoccupied their rebellious provinces in 577 with the assistance of the Parthians.
Also in that year, the Imam once again invaded Persia. The Imam himself led an army swiftly northwest where he was met by the army of the Zoroastrian Church. The Imam's army was annihilated and the Imam himself was killed.
A second Islamic army marched into Chaldea but was met and utterly crushed by an army from Kara-Khitai.
A combined Persian-Egyptian-Adenese-Farohars army marched to Mecca in 581 and laid siege to the city. After the Imam was assassinated, the city surrendered. The Islamic relics and priests had already fled to Harar and then to Europe.
In 521 Ruvavak, the Chief of the Croat Tribal Federation, invaded Ostrogothic Italy. A Croat army laid siege to Ravenna, the Goth capital while a Vandal navy destroyed the Goth navy and blockaded the port. Meanwhile Ruvavak defeated and enslaved northern Italy. Trapped in Ravenna were Theodoric, King of the Goths, his heir Ethwulf and Pope Symmachus. During the siege both Theodoric and Symmachus died of illness. With out the strong leadership of these two men fighting broke out with-in the city in 522 between King Ethwulf who wanted to continue the war and factions wanting to sue for peace. After a five-day civil war the peace party won, killing Ethwulf in the process. The city then surrendered to Ruvavak.
The Goths had primarily settled the areas enslaved and colonized in northern Italy. The south was still inhabited by Romans. With the fall of the Ostrogothic dynasty the Romans now were able to rise up against barbarian rule and re-establish their independence. An Ostrogothic Noble had survived the bloodbath in the north. Prince Egbert was in Campania but was defeated and executed by the Roman rebels. The Senate of Rome soon consolidated its power and elected one of its members, Ulpris, as King of Roman Italy.
In 566 King Keppa of the Srivijayan Empire of Java sent his forces north for plunder and slaves. The Khmer quickly organized as soon as the Javans began landing and met them not far from the beachhead. The Javans were routed and fled back to their boats, leaving 9500 dead upon the field. The native Khmer lost a mere 1500.
King Nguabornu died in 595. Prince Mawuli quickly rebelled against the Crown Prince Jackal. In a great battle near the capital city the loyalist forces of the Jackal were crushed and the Jackal killed.
When general Mufasa died in 673 two rival generals vied for control. After a few skirmishes in the capital general Nemo defeated his rival. However Nemo ended the military dictatorship and declared himself king. The region of Nupe attempted to revolt but the secret police was able to arrest and execute the leadership there.
The erstwhile allies of Kara-Khitai and Parthia both claimed the region of Kashmir. So in 681, they both decided to settle the issue by sending in military forces. The Khazars arrived first with 20,000 men, mainly heavy. Shortly the Parthians arrive with 10,000 troops, mostly light. In the bloody battle that followed, the Parthians were wiped out to the man. Kara-Khitai then laid siege to the city of Parapavara, which soon fell.
The Khazar hordes, united by Yakub, swept into Central Asia in 501. Tashkent was besieged and fell in October.
Samarkand was besieged in the same month. It fell in July 502. By 503 the surrounding regions were pacified and enslaved. Meanwhile other armies had conquered the areas nearer the Persian border. The city of Kwarzim was besieged from May 503 until March 504 when it too fell.
Yakub declared his new Khanate of Kara-Khitai at Samarkand in 503.
In 572, the Northern Dragons, with elements from the Buddhist primacy, invaded Korean held Liao-Tung and annihilated the Korean army there. During 573, H'Suing Nu scouts aided the Dragon army on it's march into Korean Anshan.
By 574, Anshan was pacified, and the Dragons began to invade the Korean homeland of Koguryu.
It took until 575 for the Dragons to pacify Koguryu, then the capital of Kaiching was assaulted. After a short siege, the city fell and with it, the Korean Kingdom.
By the late 520's the pagan rulers of Kush had begun to persecute and kill Monophysite priests found in their lands. The Coptic nations decided to put an end to this, so Romarius, Patriarch of the Monophysite Church called for a crusade to rid lower Africa of the pagan kingdom of Kush.
In 531 the Ethiopian elements invaded and pacified the Kushite province of Shoa. At this same time, the Egyptians moved south onto Ethiopia and the Syrian Arabs migrated from Carthage to the Ethiopian-Kushite border.
In 532 the Ethiopians caught the unwalled capital of Kush, Amra, undefended and occupied it. Queen Amurto and the royal family were executed and all vestiges of paganism were destroyed. The Egyptian Crusaders conquered the province of Adowa while the Arabs moved into Ethiopian held Kush.
The Arabs attacked and conquered the regions of Adal and Djibouti in 533.
The Egyptian Crusaders in Zeila crushed the last major Kushite army in 534. With its defeat the last of the Kushite royal family was killed. The Arabs also conquered Harar that year. The next year saw the last of the Kushite realm dissolve and be occupied by the Crusaders or the Arabs.
The Asamakaran armies landed in Ceylon in 546. The region quickly fell and the Lankan king retreated back in to his capital. In a major sea battle the Lankan navy was destroyed. In 547 King Arami came to the isle and laid siege to Polonarva. The city was also blockaded but held out until summer 548. Once it fell, the king was executed and the rest of the isle was quickly pacified.
The long series of wars called the Liao-Yang Wars between Liao-Yang and Korea began in 502 when king Ura of Korea invaded Liao-Yang lands and was seriously beaten, losing over 10,000 dead to 3500 Liao.
In 512 the Liao King Liao Xi invaded the Korean held province of Anshan. The Koreans were forced to withdraw and Liao-Yang occupied the province.
The two nations agreed to peace. This was not to last, for in 517 King Ura of Korea invaded Anshan in the hopes of regaining their lost province. The Liao army was crushed and two Liao princes were killed. Ura then invaded Bandao and met the army of King Liao Xi. After a bloody battle, in which Ura was injured, the Liao-Yang withdrew and Korea pacified the region.
King Ura invaded Liao-Yang itself in 522 and on May 24th met the Liao army led by King Liao Xi. The Liao were defeated, the survivors fled to the capital and King Liao Xi was captured. The Koreans laid siege to Ta'ting, the Liao capital, and by October it surrendered. The city was then brutally sacked. Liao-Yang passed into Korean hands. Liao Koa, the heir to the Liao throne, his mother, sister, and a few soldiers escaped to H'Suing Nu, the land of Liao Koa's uncle.
While the Koreans conquered Liao-Yang, they lost Shantung and Bandao to uprisings.
In 566 the Aztecs invaded the Mayan Empire. They destroyed the main Mayan army and killed the Mayan King Jeuneotl. During the next four years the Aztecs fought their way across the Mayan Empire until in 570 the capital, Chichen Itza fell after a short siege. The remaining members of the Royal family were executed and the areas of the Mayan Empire outside of Aztec control dissolved into chaos.
In 571, the Mayan areas revolted against Aztec rule and gained independence. However, with all of the old dynasty and the great Nobles dead, the Mayan lands became numerous petty states instead of a unified kingdom.
In 681 the Gupta decided to put an end to Pegu once and for all. The Gupta army, numbering 65,000 men, swept into Pegu in the summer. During a bloody struggle for the region the Gupta were defeated and pushed back, leaving 23,000 dead on the field. The smaller Pegu force lost only 4000. Luckily for the Gupta the Pegu king Gnialat died over the winter leaving Pegu without his brilliant leadership. The Gupta moved overland around the defenses on the Ava border and again invaded the region of Pegu in 682. Once again the Gupta were defeated, with their general being killed. Without leadership the Gupta army fell apart and only about half made it back home.
Seluji, Emir of the Syrian Muslims, realized that he was in an unenviable position, being a small nation between three large ones. So after talks with Egypt, Agoruvix allowed the Muslims to migrate through Egypt to North Africa in 527. The Arians had learned of this and Patriarch Taborus called a Crusade to combat the Muslims.
By 528 the Arabs reached the outskirts of the Vandal kingdom and quickly defeated the local garrisons of the outlying provinces. The Muslims then swept into Carthage to lay siege to the city. They had 73,000 warriors to the Vandals 28,500. At the same time 26,000 Visigothic Crusaders arrived to aid their fellow Arians. The two armies met on June 23rd. The battle lasted for three days with the Vandals being pushed back into Carthage. The Muslims did not have enough troops to storm the city but they held the province. Over 100,000 troops had perished. The situation was a stalemate so the Muslims once again migrated, this time to the Horn of Africa.
The Northern Golden Dragon Emperor died in 586. His son Jet Lei was to be proclaimed Emperor. Instead his insane brother Si Lei IV seized the throne and began to execute the entire Imperial family. In that same year, General Lu revolted in Korea, married an heiress to the Korean throne and proclaimed Korea independent. Jet Lei assaulted the Imperial capital of Chang'an in 587, but both would-be emperors died in the battle. With all of the Si dead, the empire dissolved into chaos. For two years the civil war raged. Finally in 590 a noble claiming descent from the earlier Han dynasty seized power in Shensi. But Houma and Honan declared their independence under rival warlords.
In 591 Hsuing Nu invaded eastern Houma. After heavy fighting, the King of Houma withdrew into the capital of Kaifeng. Next a combined Hsuing Nu, Toba Wei and Northern Dragon army invaded Houma itself and took the city. The non-Chinese armies then turned on the Chinese Dragons and annihilated the army, killing the Northern Dragon Emperor Han Gwan-Ho in the process.
Next year the Toba Wei invaded the Dragon region of Kansu and then into Shensi itself. After fierce fighting the Dragon capital of Chang'an was surrounded.
A little farther south the Southern Dragons invaded Honan with the assistance of the Buddhist primate. The capital of Honan, the Holy City of Pienching, fell after a large battle. The Honan King died in the attack. At Pienching, with the consent of the Buddhist primate, the Southern Emperor declared that he was the only Emperor of China. The schismatic civil war that erupted in the Golden Dragon Empire in 596 called away the Dragon garrisons and Honan was able to liberate their capital with out a fight.
In 596 Toba Wei began the siege of Chang'an, the Northern Dragon capital and it's last stronghold. With its fall shortly afterwards, the Northern Dragon ceased to exist. Also in that year, the H'Suing Nu raided Honan lands and then laid siege to Kaifeng, the capital of Houma. It surrendered after a short siege and Houma also ceased to exist.
The New Roman Empire decided to conquer northern Gaul for their new empire. So in 646 the emperor sent the Caesar Antonius Pius there. The Black Rose regions of Brabant and Flanders quickly fell to the New Romans. Caesar then took Vermandois and entered Ile De France to meet the main Black Rose army, led by their grandmaster. At the Battle of Paris (outside of it) the New Romans defeated the Knights of the Black Rose and forced them to withdraw from Gaul. Caesar then took Paris and Nivernais.
The Persians feared that Oman was considering converting back to Islam. So Prince Hormizd was given the blessing to overthrow his grandfather, Sultan Terik of Oman, and seize the Hawazid Crown as his own. A large Persian army quickly overran Kuwait and annihilated the Omani force. Terik was killed and all male Hawazids were executed. This left Hormizd, heir to the Persian throne, as sole heir to Oman. Hormizd was then proclaimed Sultan of Kuwait (the new name for the Hawazid realm).
In 551 Timur, Khan of the Osmani called his tribes together and called for an invasion of Europe to settle richer lands. All through 551 and 552 the Osman march west, picking up allies as they went. They reached Europe in 553 and were escorted through Bavaria by the occupying Croats. In 554 they exploded out and invaded the lands of the Merovingians. Franconia and Alsace were destroyed by the marauding hordes. Pepin, King of the Merovingians met the Osman in Hainut in 555 with an army 28,000 strong. The Osman had over ten times that. Not a single Frank survived the battle. King Pepin and his son and heir Wilhem both fell. As winter set in Timur laid siege to Aachen the Merovingian capital. Trapped in the city, Prince Sigibert was declared king.
Timur was assassinated in early 556. This gave the Avar a reason to rebel. In a great battle outside of Aachen the two hordes fought. In the end, the Avar were pushed across the Rhine, losing 106,000 warriors. The Osman, while still strong, lost 65,000. Sigibert used this distraction to try and smuggle the royal family out of Aachen. Sigibert, the Queen and all of the children were killed. Only Prince Harald made it to safety in Gildengard. There he was elevated to king. The combined navies of Reget, Denmark and the Franks were patrolling the Rhine to prevent an Osman crossing. In mid 557 a Persian navy appeared and sunk the entire Catholic fleet. One half of the Persian ships were also sunk.
In 558 as the Osman moved south into Burgundy, the Persians blockaded Dijon, the capital. The Osmani and Persians assaulted Dijon in 559, which quickly fell. All of the royal family were killed and the city was sacked and burnt by the Osmani who continued south. The Osmani did the same to southern Burgundy, also destroying the city of Marsielle. With its fall the Burgundian kingdom ceased to exist.
Jimuri invaded Lombard Spain in 561, quickly overrunning Catalonia and Valencia. A bishop from Carthage converted the nation to Arianism in Valencia. A combined Persian-Arian Knight fleet blockaded the city of Madeira for the eventual Osman siege. In 562 a fleet from Reget showed up to assist their Lombard allies and defeated the Persian-Arian navy, capturing the Persian Prince Cyrus, the victor of the Rhine in the process. The Lombards had deserted Madeira so the Osmani overran the region and invaded Andalusia. Andalusia was pacified and Seville besieged. While this was happening the Golden Horde had marched from near Denmark all the way down to Andalusia and attacked the Osman Horde. In the great battle all of the Osmani were wiped out. The Golden Horde then marched back up to central Europe.
In 662 emperor Michael of Ulania marched his army north into the Black Rose region of Austria and subdued and colonized the region for Ulania. The Black Rose, being outnumbered, did not send a responding army in.
The Zoroastrian church had a schism in 669, with the more conservative elements breaking away and basing themselves in Mecca. In 676 the Zoroastrian army was able to make it to Mecca and surround the city.
In 648 emperor Zarmihr died and his heir Mihr ascended the throne. No lords revolted, but half the nation's regions took this as an opportunity declare their independence.
Mihr took military action and re-conquered three regions during 651-652.
Emperor Shapur IV of Persia died in 556. His heir Khosru II was not as forceful of a leader. This gave various disgruntled elements of the Empire the excuse to rebel. In the Far East a leader arose claiming to be a descendent of the Arsacid dynasty of the Parthians which had fled into India when they were overthrown in 227. He was able to get much of the east to follow him. Artabanus V was crowned Emperor of the restored Neo-Parthian Empire. In 561 Persia and Parthia signed a treaty and became formal allies.
Emperor Shapur IV of Persia died in 556. His heir Khosru II was not as forceful of a leader. This gave various disgruntled elements of the Empire the excuse to rebel. The Greek Orthodox region of Edessa among them. In 562 Prince Yazdegerd invaded Edessa and in a short battle brutally re-conquered the land. All of the Nobles were executed and the Orthodox holy sites burned. Orthodoxy was outlawed.
In 618, the Roman Catholic Church incited, and then led, a revolt against the Coptic Emperor Theodoric. After a fierce hand to hand battle the Catholic forces pushed the Emperor and his men out of Rome, destroying two-thirds of the city in the process.
Agents of the Church were able to get the Imperial army to revolt in 621, killing Emperor Theodoric in the process. Latium also returned to the Church. Patriarch Venedictos of the Monophysite Church took command of the Coptic forces and retook Latium after a tough fight. He then laid siege to Rome in 623.
Rome surrendered a couple of years later and the Catholic forces were defeated, with the Pope fleeing to Greece.
Tensions had been building for some time along the Roman-Persian border after the Kristos Pantocrator had been caught infiltrating the Persian military. Finally in 611 the Eastern Orthodox Church called a holy war against the Zoroastrians. Meanwhile, the Persians plotted to punish the Orthodox and conspired with the Mongols to do so. A combined Persian-Khazar army marched north and invaded Armenia. There they met the Mongol horde, which had betrayed them and sided with the Romans. In a great battle, the Mongol Khan was killed and the horde pushed north. Meanwhile, the Farohars conquered and pacified Roman Cappodocia.
The next year the Persian-Khazar army swept into Pontus and overran the Armenians, who fled into Diaphenus, their capital. At the same time the Parthians conquered Armenian Vaspurakan. Shortly afterwards a great naval battle was fought in the Aegean between the Persians and Adenese on one side and the Romans and St. Georgios on the other. After a long battle the Persians were forced to withdraw.
In 613 the Persians overran Galatia, annihilating the only Roman army in the area. They then took Psidia the next year and raided other regions.
In 616, the remnants of the Armenian government and kingdom in the capital fled over seas to Roman lands in the Balkans. Meanwhile, the Farohars and Parthians conquered Phrygia.
In 617 Egyptian ships joined the Persian-Adenese fleet. They raided coastal regions in the Aegean until to two fleets met up. Once again the Orthodox fleet prevailed and the Zoroastrian fleet sailed for home. At Tyre they were fired upon for the city had fell to traitors from with-in. At the same time Isauria fell to the Zoroastrians.
In 618 the Orthodox crusaders in Tyre sacked and burned the city and then marched north to be utterly annihilated by the Persian-Egyptian-Theban army marching south. The Farohar-Parthian invasion of Cilicia was pushed back after heavy losses. Paphlygonia was looted and occupied and the city of Sinope stormed and taken by Hormizd in 619. Unfortunately Hormizd was killed in a riding accident and left no heir. His son Xerxes and his nephew Ardashir divided up the army with Xerxes becoming ShahanShah and Ardashir King of Asia.
The Zoroastrian armies invaded Cilicia in 622 and met strong resistance. After Kristos agents captured the Emperor Xerxes the Orthodox were able to push out the Zoroastrian force.
In 626 a peace treaty was singed. The Eastern Romans gave up Psidia and Cilicia to Persia and released ShahanShah Xerxes.
After years of tensions, war again broke out between Persia and Eastern Rome. In 681 Persia invaded Roman Anatolia with 70,000 troops. The region of Asia was quickly overrun and the city of Smyrna blockaded. At the same time, a Persian army stationed in Ulania swept east and over ran Epirus. The siege of Smyrna lasted until 683, when it fell. Also in that year the Persian force in Europe attacked Attica, encountering a Roman army. In a swift battle the entire Roman force of 7000 was destroyed, the region occupied and Athenos besieged. Athenos fell the next year, which also saw the Persians begin moving into Hellespontus.
In support of the Persian war effort, the client state of Dahak sent their army out to war as well. The Dahak army met up with a Farohar army in Phrygia in 682, with Emperor Durwart taking over command. Unfortunately he was a terrible commander and he botched a siege of the Roman fortress in Phrygia. Abandoning the siege, the Dahak- Farohar army then attempted to invade Hellespontus but was again defeated, mainly because of Durwart’s leadership. Embarrassed by his terrible military skills, Durwart lead his demoralized army home.
Hellespontus and Nicea fell to the Persians in 687. Throughout 688 and 689 Phrygia was invaded and the city of Perga overrun. By 690 the fortress of Phrygia was being besieged. Meanwhile, a Gothic army swept south and raided Thrace with mixed results.
Back in Greece, the Persians pushed into Thessaly and took the region and the port city of Pherae by 688. Fortunately for the Romans, the Shahanshah Xerxes died the next year, and Prince Hormizd in Greece revolted against the new emperor and declared the new kingdom of Hellas.
The fortress of Phrygia fell to the Farohars in 691, the last Roman possession in Anatolia. Meanwhile in the Aegean, the Persian admiral was bribed by the Greeks to defect to their side, taking 20% of his fleet. A gigantic naval battle then ensued with the Persian fleet fleeing, having lost about half of their fleet.
Also, Hormizd of Hellas was assassinated by Greek agents and his kingdom fell apart to be re-absorbed by ERE.
In 696, Persia invaded Achea from the sea and swept north into Thessaly to re-conquer Greece proper. Meanwhile, a Persian army had marched north around the Black Sea to invade the Balkan territories of the Romans, meeting up with a Goth army. The Greeks decided to hold and fight in Thrace. In the battle of Thrace, the Persians were routed and forced to withdraw north.
In 702, the Greeks were able to launch counter-offensives in Greece and north. In Greece, the Greeks were able to liberate their lands, destroying the Zoroastrian army. At the same time, the northern Persian army was destroyed as well. The Greeks then marched north to punish the Gopths, sacking the city of Bugoslav. The Persians did conquer Rhodes at this time.
In 536 Powys sent Reget an Angle army of 2000 men to help crush the last of the Druidic heresy in Scone. This was not enough though and when the Angles started arresting heretics and closing churches the unrest turned to riots and then full-scale rebellion. In the chaos that followed the Angle Jarl was killed and his troops left. Eventually the king of Reget arrived with an army, which was able to put down the revolt. However the heresy was far from extinguished.
The war between the two Japanese Shoguns for supremacy of the isle. The Takeda Shogunate invaded the Moriata Shogunate in 505 and quickly overran it. Takedo Shogun Nagao then established himself as the sole Shogun of Japan.
The series of wars called the Siamese wars began when Buddhist Siam decided to wage Holy War against their Hindu neighbors. In 506 Siam invaded the Khmer Empire with over 17,000 troops. The Khmer, led by king Pol Ran and numbering 10,000, met the Siamese and along with the king being killed, the army was annihilated to the man. Siam then besieged Angar, which surrendered after a few months. With the death of the king and the fall of the capital, the Khmer State dissolved. Siam then went about forcibly converting the Hindu population of Khmer to Buddhism. The Khmer rose up in rebellion over this. For eight months during 511/12 the revolt raged. It was finally put down and Hinduism was outlawed.
In July 513 Siam invaded the region of Preikuk. Champa, a Hindu nation, also had an army in the region for talks with the rulers of Preikuk. In the battle that followed, the Champan General was killed which caused the army to break and run. At that time, a relief army led by Tru Rhan, King of Champa showed up. He attacked the Siamese, and after a bloody battle, forced the Siamese to withdraw.
Tru Rhan raided the Siamese province of Surin during 516.
In 521 Burma invaded Siam and attacked the Siamese homeland with a bigger army than the Siamese could muster. After fierce fighting the Burmese were forced to withdraw. This brought a political, rather than religious, element to the wars since Burma was Buddhist like the Siamese.
In mid 526, King Nikkon of Siam was assassinated. In the confusion that followed no one from the royal family was able to effectively gain control of the government and army. Into this chaos swept a combined Burmese-Champan army which easily annihilated the disorganized Siamese armies and sacked the capital of Nikkon. The entire royal family was executed and the nation dissolved into chaos.
The Arian Patriarch Taborus went to Sicily in 513 and began preaching the faith of the Arian Cause and denouncing Catholicism. Many of the Catholic populace and especially the Catholic nobility resisted. Still, as months passed the populace of Sicily became more and more Arian. By the spring of 514 it was said 4 of every 5 citizen was an Arian. Then riots began to break out, Arian against Catholic. Catholics were killed and their homes destroyed. Baron Vespus, the leading Catholic Noble, called out his forces to stop the killing. It was then that Prince Bassa and his 4,500 Vandal warriors stepped in and accused Baron Vespus of rebelling, and causing the riots. Bassa attempted to arrest the Baron and fighting broke out inside the city walls of Palermo. The Vandals quickly defeated the Baron and his few loyal Catholic followers and the Baron was hanged in Palermo square. All across Sicily Catholic nobles were killed or reported missing. Arian Sicilians were soon rewarded and took the Nobles places. Before the winter of 514 Sicily was 100% Arian.
In 526 the new Kingdom of Roman Italy decided to invade Vandal held Sicily. The Vandal troops met the Romans and defeated the invasion before it could gain any ground.
The Buddhist religion had recently divided into two camps: Mahayana and Theravada. The Golden Dragon Emperor Hu Yao followed the Mahayana Primate and so decided to loot and pillage Theravada sites in his empire, including the holy city in 596. The Theravada primate Tan Ri anointed the Emperor's brother Hu Syang as the legitimate Emperor. Most of the empire revolted and sided with the new Emperor as the Hu Empire. As a result of the religious violence the two sects of Buddhism completely broke off and became separate religions.
The Theravada Hu Emperor Hu Syang set out in 601 to consolidate his holdings. He quickly overran Anhui and the city of Chiangning. Meanwhile, his brother, the Mahayana Dragon Emperor Hu Yao decided to do the same. Kienchou was overrun that year. In 602 the Hu conquered Hubei and stormed the city of Tii'fawn. Meanwhile, the Dragons took Nanling and Kwangtung. At this time, the Mongols came calling. The Mongol Horde overran Kiangsu and Anhui. 603 saw the Hu conquest of Hunan, but they failed to besiege Tii'dawn, while the Dragons took Lingtung. Szechwan was raided and looted by the Mahayana Shaolin, while the Mongols crushed Taiping.
In 604 the Hu conquered Hwai and the city of Tii. They then liberated Kienchou. The Dragons took Gouangxi. Lastly, the Mongols raided Hupei, Hubei, and Szechwan. The Hu liberated Nanling and conquered the region of Kwangsi and the city of Kwangchou in 605.
With the losses the Dragons had taken, the Hu were able to liberate much of the south in the next few years: Lingnan, Lingtung, Lingsi, Gouangxi and Miao Ling. The last remaining dragon possession was the old capital, Tii Dawn. It was besieged starting in 609. In early 611 the city fell. With it's fall, the Empire of the Golden Dragon ceased to exist.
King Arami of Asamakara decided to unite all of southern India under his rule. In 531 an army of 30,000 troops easily overran the Lankan province of Chera. During the same year the Pandyan fleet was destroyed and the Pandyan capital of Kollam was blockaded. In 532 Parjna, king of Pandya moved out with 20,000 troops to confront the Asamakara army of 24,500 men. The Pandyans were routed and the remnants fled into the city. The Asamakarans laid siege to the city. The city held out for over a year, but finally surrendered in the spring of 534. King Parjna was put in chains. Asamakara then crushed the Pandyan province of Chola while the navy blockaded the port of Tanjore. The city was then besieged. Early next year the city fell.
The last Pandyan stronghold, the city of Malas in Madurai, fell after a short siege in 536. With its fall Pandya ceased to exist.
Purin declared himself king in 516 and marched out to create an empire. In the next couple of years numerous surrounding regions were conquered and pacified.
In 525 the army again marched out. This time to destroy pagan shrines and force the people to worship Shiva.
The Persians invaded the Eastern Roman Empire in 531 because they were harboring the hated Abadonese. An army of the Zoroastrian Church swept north and crushed and pacified Carhae that year. The Roman Army of the East was in Lebanon at this time. Maurice, Praetorian Prefect of the East, led it. Agents of Egypt kidnapped him in early 531.
The Persian army, led by ShahanShah Shapur IV, invaded and pacified the province of Syria in 532. The Abadonese had already fled so Damascus was besieged. The city was offered the chance to surrender but they refused. So the Persians stormed the city and sacked it.
In 533 Shapur divided his army. An army 50,000 strong moved towards Lebanon and the Roman army and the rest led by Shapur invaded Aleppo. The Zoroastrian Church's army was already there and was besieging the fortress of Cyrrhos. The combined army stormed the fortress and overran it. The army then did the same to the city of Antioch.
Meanwhile the other Persian army had invaded Lebanon. It was a great route as all 50,000 Romans were slaughtered. With the defeats, Constantinople agreed to peace.
When Shogun Akira died in 650, his heir Nareshi assumed the throne. A number of lords, including Nareshi's two brothers and his cousin rebelled against the new Shogun. The navy and elite forces were in the rebel hands and stormed the capital. The battle for the city raged for weeks. In the end the rebel army was annihilated but the three traitors escaped and vowed to become pirates.
Because so many lords and members of the royal family had rebelled, Nareshi executed a great number of people to prevent any more treason. He executed members of his family as well as members of his government. Disgusted by this, the regions of Akita, Truk, Aichi and Nigata revolted.
Khan Temuki died in 584. His heir Kublai ascended the throne, but Boyer Tabir, who controlled most of the army, rebelled. Khan Kublai assembled his army, his allied lords and the knights of the Black Rose to oppose the upstart. Meanwhile, half of the Italian provinces revolted. Tabir invaded the capital region of Ulania and met Kublai. After a very bloody battle in which over 200,000 Ulani died, Tabir himself was killed and the rebellion put down.
In response to the growing presence of Catholic westerners in the region Clanchief Wulfhere gathered the tribes of the Teutons together in 536. He made an agreement with the Danes and set out to conquer the entire east, especially the Svear lands, the enemy of the Danes.
In 536 the Teutons moved south and conquered Livonia and gained the Kuran as allies.
In 537 they conquered and occupied the Svear city of Holmgard. They then spent the rest of the year pacifying the Slavic Est lands, which joined the Teutons.
The Kuran and Est moved back north to Livonia. There they met two separate small Svear armies. Both were annihilated. 538 saw the Kurans and Est sack Holmgard and the surrounding regions. Wulfhere did the same to Svear Smolensk. All returned to Livonia by 540.
In 541 Wulfhere moved south and met up with the migrating Goths. After a feast they decided on attacking Boguslavia. The two nations easily wiped out the small Slavic army, killing Tsar Serge in the process. The capital of Boguslav was then sacked and the tribes wintered there. During 542-545 the tribes continue to loot and enslave the region.
In 546 Wulfhere had a vision and had his nation baptized as Catholics. The years 546-549 saw yet more looting and enslaving of the surrounding Slavic populations. The Goths marched east and settled various regions, sacking the city of Aarkpbyr in the process.
In 551 the Teutons finally settled the Dvina valley, rebuilding both Holmgard and Aarkpbyr, the later renamed Minsk. After 15 years of looting and campaigning the Teutons established a kingdom.
King Pwyll of Powys declared that the king of Ui Neill had been taken over by sorcery and evil advisors. So with that reasoning he sent his armies across the sea to "liberate" the island. The first Powysian army landed in Laigan in 552. After talks with the commander of Sidhe Castle, the gates were thrown open and the region declared its independence from Ui Neill. Another Powysian army landed in Mumu, which also then revolted against Ui Neill. Powys spent the rest of the year negotiating an alliance with the rebels.
In 553 the Powysians sent an army into Connaught, but they refused to rebel and their army was annihilated and the region occupied. Lastly the Powysians invaded the homeland of Ulaid and killed King Connal in battle. With that all of Eire was in Powysian hands.
When emperor Valerius died in 632, his son Arcades was to become the next emperor. However, prince Gelbius of another branch of the family had other ideas, seized the throne and executed Arcades and his family. Prince Dalmas tried to raise an army to oppose Gelbius but was killed. On Sicily, lord Sarantio was appalled at the coup and opposed Gelbius. Sarantio had no fleet so he declared Sicily independent of the Vandal kingdom. Al'Hauts, Merrakesh, Zirid and Sardinia also revolted.
King Osoric of the Visigoths, feeling that his people were straying from the Arian faith, ordered his people and allies to migrate farther south into Iberia away from Catholic regions and influence. Even the newly built city of Barcelona was abandoned. The Migration began in 511.
As the Visigoths marched south, the regions behind them revolted, the Visigoth Feudal Allies of Aragon, Old Castille, New Castille, and Valencia all declared their independence. Arian priests moved from tribe to tribe during the long march south. They were very successful in weeding out any Catholics. Only a very small minority remained Catholic by the time they reached their new lands.
The Visigoths conquered and colonized Murcia and Andalusia along with the cities of Cordoba and Seville during 511-512. Seville was made the new capital of the realm.
Alaric re-conquered the rebellious provinces of Aragon, Old Castille, New Castille, and Valencia during 516-517.
The nation of Akwar had sworn to convert to Monophysitism. Instead they converted to Islam in 571. The Coptic Croats took this opportunity to both punish the Akwar and to secure a new homeland.
In 571 the Croats and Kanem invaded and occupied the northern regions. In 572 the army of Akwar confronted the combined Croatian-Kanemite army. In a fierce battle Songhai was conquered, but Queen Loresa of Croatia fell. Later that year, the Croats took Timbuctu, killing the Akwar king Kpetoe in the process.
In 573 the invaders conquered the Akwar capital of Kumbi-Selah, making it the capital of the new Croat kingdom. A brief civil war erupted in Akwar over who would succeed Kpetoe.
During 576-577, the Croats conquered Khalem and Senegal and enslaved the regions of Khakem and Segu.
The Akwar regions of Galam and Takrur fell to conquest and slavery during 581-583.
The last Akwar possessions fell in 588. The nation as a whole was enslaved or killed. The Croats did meet stiff resistance when they tried to enslave the desert tribes to the north of them.
The enslavement of the native population of West Africa continued into the 590's. The Croats finally met stiff resistance and defeat in Garou in 593.
In 596 the Croats avenged their defeat in Garou by conquering and enslaving the region. They then enslaved Dogomba, Mossi and Bani.
The Alamanni, with their king Hermann having proclaimed himself King of all the Germans, invaded the Frankish Kingdom in 601. In 602 he overran Danish Friesland and then invaded the Frank homeland of Lorraine. After a fierce battle, the Franks and the Black Knights were able to repulse the Alamanni horde. The next year the Croats returned to Europe and quickly overran Frankish Ile de France.
In 604 Paris fell to the Croats by treachery and then Vermandois fell as well. In 605 the Croats overran Brabant and Flanders, leaving the port city of Stormgard in Frank hands. In 606 the Croats invaded Nivernais. The Franks under their king Sigmund responded. After a fierce battle the Franks were routed, with king Sigmund being killed as well.
The Alamanni continued to liberate Danish held German lands through out the year.
In 607 allies of the Franks arrived: Black Knights and Muslims. They attacked the Croats in Hainaut. The Croats were defeated and they fell back to Paris. The allies then retook Nivernais and waited for the Teutons to arrive. Meanwhile, the Britannians had ferried their armies across the sea to Armorica. Another Croat force overran Ponthieu.
At this time the fleets of Denmark and Britannia met at sea. After a fierce and bloody battle the Danes were forced back to Odinsmunda. To compound the Danish problems, the newly Christianized Norse invaded and conquered much of the old Svear lands.
In 608 the combined Teuton-Black Knight-Muslim army assaulted Paris. The combined Celtic army arrived in time to assist the Croats and dealt the allies a crushing defeat. The allies lost 48,000 men to the 5000 for the Croats and Celts.
Because of loses during the war, the Danes and Franks decided to migrate. So in 611 they set sail for the British Isles. They met the Britannian fleet in the English Channel but were forced to flee. They then conquered and settled the Shetlands. From there they raided the Norse during 612. The next year the combined Danish-Frankish fleet attempted to invade the holy island of Iona but was crushed and was forced to return to the Shetlands.
In 611 the Croats sent a force south to loot and burn Catholic sites. Into the Western Empire they marched, meeting up with a Roman legion in Lyonnais. The Romans were crushed with Prince Claudius being killed. The Croats then marched north through the now deserted Frankish lands until the came upon still occupied Stormgard, which was assaulted and occupied. Meanwhile, the Alamanni conquered Pomern in their quest to unite all of Germania.
The combined Ulani-Black Knight army marched into Croat lands and quickly overran Burgundy, Nivernais and Ile De France. With the quick fall of Paris, Dalvigar, the Croat king was captured. The Croat forces that were left fell apart without leadership.