Bulgaria:

400 BC:  The Thracians live in parts of Bulgaria. 

100 AD:  The Romans rule Bulgaria.

395:  Bulgaria becomes part of the Eastern Roman Empire when the empire splits in two.

c. 500:  The Slavs settle in Bulgaria.

 

Poland:

966:  The ruler of Poland becomes a Christian and his people follow.

1201-1238:  Henry the Bearded rules Poland. His wife encourages German merchants and craftsmen to come and live in Poland.

1241-42:  The Mongols invade Poland but soon withdraw.

 

Ukraine: 

45000- 43000 BC: Neanderthal mammoth hunters build their dwellings in Ukraine.

1300-750 BC: Cimmerian Kingdom, homeland of the fictional Conan the Barbarian, established its rule over the Pontic steppes of Southern Ukraine.

750-500 BC: Greek trading colonies are established on the north shore of the Black Sea; Greeks imagine Amazon female warriors populate the Ukrainian steppes to the north.

250-375: Goths defeat Sarmatians and establish their rule over Ukrainian lands.

650-900 BC: Khazar kaganate collects tribute from Slavic tribes in Ukraine.

1st millennium BCE:  the steppe hinterland was occupied successively by the Cimmerians, Scythians, and Sarmatians. These peoples, all of Iranian stock, maintained commercial and cultural relations with the Greek colonies.

200 CE: A period of great migrations began with the descent of the Goths from the Baltic region into Ukraine.

5th–6th : They displaced the Sarmatians, but their own power was broken about 375 by the invading Huns from the east, who were followed  by the Bulgars and Avars.

 

Citations:

1. A Timeline of Bulgaria. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.localhistories.org/bulgariatime.html

2. A Timeline of Poland. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.localhistories.org/polandtime.html

3. Plokhy, S. (2017). The gates of Europe: A history of ukraine. New York: Basic Books.

 

Prachiti Kamath