y severally occur in approved authors.]

OUTLINES OF TURKISH CHRONOLOGY.

A.D.

I. Tartar Empire of the Turks in the north and centre of
Asia 500-700

II. Their subjection, education, and silent growth, under the
Saracens 700-1000

III. Their Gaznevide Empire in Hindostan 1000-1200

IV. Their Seljukian Empire in Persia and Asia Minor 1048-1100

V. Decline of the Seljukians, yet continuous descent of their
kindred tribes to the West 1100-1300

VI. Their Ottoman Empire in Asia, Africa, and Europe,
growing for 270 years 1300-1571

VII. Their Ottoman Empire declining for 270 years 1571-1841

CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS INTRODUCED INTO THE FOREGOING LECTURES.

B.C.

Semiramis lost in the Scythian desert p. 13 --
The Scythians celebrated by Homer pp. 29, 39 900
The Scythians occupy for twenty-eight years the Median kingdom
in the time of Cyaxares pp. 15, 22 (_Prideaux_) 633
Cyrus loses his life in an expedition against the Scythian Massagetae
p. 14 (_Clinton_) 529
Darius invades Scythia north of the Danube, p. 16 (_Clinton_) 508
Zoroaster p. 66 (_Prideaux_) 492
Alexander's campaign in Sogdiana p. 18 (_Clinton_) 329

A.D.

Ancient Empire of the Huns in further Asia ends; their consequent
emigration westward p. 26 (_Gibbon_) 100

The White Huns of Sogdiana pp. 26, 34, 52, 60, 67 after 100

Main body of the Huns invade the Goths on the north of the
Danube p. 22 (_L'Art de verifier les dates_) 376

Attila and his Huns ravage the Roman Empire pp. 27, 28 441-452

Mission of St. Leo to Attila pp. 29, 31 453

Tartar Empire of the Turks pp. 49-52 (_L'Art_, etc., _Gibbon_),
about 500-700
Chosroes the Second captures the Holy Cross p. 53
(_L'Art_, etc.)