Every Chronicle article on world history, newest first: battles, empires, disasters, discoveries and revolutions.
The book gave definitive form to the legend that Ethiopia's kings descended from Solomon and that the Ark of the Covenant rests in Ethiopia, legitimising the Solomonic dynasty for 650 years.
A colossal temple to Surya was completed in the mid-13th century; its main tower later collapsed, but the surviving hall and carvings became a World Heritage Site in 1984.
Jang Bogo suppressed slave-raiding pirates and dominated East Asian sea trade for over a decade, until his murder and the abolition of Cheonghaejin in 851.
The translation movement linked to the House of Wisdom made Greek, Persian and Indian learning available in Arabic and laid foundations for medieval science.
The book became the foundation of Italian commercial arithmetic and a key channel for the spread of Hindu-Arabic numerals in Europe.
Birka flourished as a hub of long-distance trade for about two centuries and was abandoned in the late 10th century; it is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Vladimir adopted Byzantine Orthodox Christianity as the faith of Kievan Rus, binding it to Byzantium's religious and cultural world.
Decisive Allied victory; the Franco-Bavarian army was destroyed, Marshal Tallard was captured, Vienna was saved and Bavaria was knocked out of the war.
Omani forces captured Fort Jesus after a 33-month siege, ending Portuguese rule on the Swahili coast north of Mozambique.
The jury found Zenger not guilty of seditious libel, a landmark for the idea that truth should be a defence and for freedom of the press in America.
The VOC seized and razed Jayakarta and built Batavia on its site, which became the headquarters of Dutch power in Asia for more than three centuries.
Akbar built a planned imperial city that served as his capital until 1585; it was then largely abandoned and survives as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
