Timeline (The Free Man's Vision)

940

 * Dil Na'od solidifies the Askumite empire into the Zagwe Dysnasty keeping much of the old Aksumite culture alive in a new dynasty.

1021

 * The Pandyan ruler Raja Jatavarman converts to Nestorian Christianity.

1065

 * Independence of Galicia and Portugal under the rule of Garcia.

1076

 * The Chalukya dynasty is toppled by Pandyas at the Battle of Bangalore.

1095

 * Pope Urban II calls upon Western Europeans to take up arms and reclaim the holy lands starting the First Crusade.

1139

 * Portuguese defeat the Amoravids at the Battle of Ourique; Prince Alfonso Henriques is acclaimed king of Portugal by his soldiers.

1143

 * Afonso Henriques is proclaimed King of Portugal by the cortes. The Treaty of Zamora recognizes Portuguese independence from the Kingdom of Leon, the country is also recognized by the Pope.

1145

 * The Second Crusade (1145-1148) is launched in response to the fall of the County of Edessa.

1147

 * The four month Siege of Lisbon successfully brings the city under definitive Portuguese control expelling Moorish overlords.

1152

 * The Pandyan Dynasty contacts the Kingdom of Jerusalem and helps the crusaders.

1171

 * The High Presbyter of Mylapore sends a letter to the Pope.

1189

 * Third Crusade (1189-1192) is an attempt to by European leaders to wrest the Holy Land from Saladin.

1190
Emperor Frederick Barbarossa downs in the Salef River leaving the Crusader army under Phillip II of France and Richard I of England.