This is a timeline of Georgian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Georgia and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Georgia. See also the List of Georgian Kings and Queens.
6200 BC - 4000 BC [edit]
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| Shulaveri Age of Georgia. This age is thought to be a critical element in identifying the origins of the Georgian people. The culture is dated to mid-6th or early-5th millennia BC and is thought to be one of the earliest known Neolithic cultures. Started in 6200 BC and lasted till 4000 BC. |
4000 BC - 2200 BC [edit]
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| Trialeti Age of Georgia. The Trialeti age was a second culture to appear in Georgia, after the Shulaveri age and it lasted from 4000 BC to 2200 BC. |
3400 BC - 2000 BC [edit]
2500 BC - 760 BC [edit]
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| Kingdom of Diauehi is founded by the tribal confederation of early-Georgians. It is the oldest state in the Georgian history. The name Diaokhi bestowed its name to the region later known as Tao. |
1200 BC - 600 BC [edit]
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| Colchian Age of Georgia. Late Bronze Age and Iron Age culture of the western Caucasus, mostly in western Georgia. |
1112 BC [edit]
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| King Sien of Diauehi leads a large tribal coallition of tribes to stall Assyrian advances. He is captured by Assyrians, forcibly submitted to King Tiglath-Pileser I and later released on terms of vassalage. Tribal alliance of 20,000 Mushks commanded by 5 kings and Kaskian warriors is also defeated by Assyrians in the same year. |
760 BC [edit]
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| Despite numerous attempts of its King Utupurshi of Diauehi to salvage the nation, Diauehi is finally destroyed by the emerging power of Urartu. It is partitioned between Urartu and the state of Colchis, also an ancient Georgian state. |
700 BC [edit]
600 BC [edit]
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| Georgian Kingdom of Colchis appears. An ancient Georgian state, kingdom and region in Western Georgia, which played an important role in the ethnic and cultural formation of the Georgians. The Kingdom of Colchis, which existed from the 6th to the 1st centuries BC is regarded as another Georgian state and the term Colchians was used as the collective term for Georgian tribes which populated the eastern coast of the Black Sea. Colchis is justly regarded as not a proto-Georgian, but a Georgian (West Georgian) kingdom. |
500 BC [edit]
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| Colchians are mentioned in the Histories of Herodotus alongside Persians and Medes which undoubtedly points out their significant role as well as famed strength renown throughout the Ancient World. |
302 BC [edit]
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| Georgian Kingdom of Iberia as an official monarchy is founded by its first king Pharnavaz I of Iberia, after defeating Azo, his predecessor and usurper to the throne. Pharnabazid Dynasty is established. |
| Xenophon, a Greek mercenary and distinguished historical writer of Antiquity, passes through the area later known as Pontus. Recordings of his journey prove invaluable to the early Georgian history and ethnography. Xenophon described the following Proto-Georgian tribes: Chalybes, Drilae, Macrones, Mossynoeci, Phasians, Taochi, Tibareni and others. |
284 BC [edit]
1st century AD [edit]
2nd century AD [edit]
3nd century AD [edit]
4th century AD [edit]
5th century AD [edit]
6th century AD [edit]
7th century AD [edit]
8th century AD [edit]
