Turkey

Timeline of Turkey

5800 BCE: First signs of occupation at the site later known as Aphrodisias.
1200 BCE: Collapse of Hittite Empire
190 BCE: Parchment, a writing material made of animal skins, is invented in Pergamum.
64 BCE: Birth of Strabo
60 BCE: First Water Mills
37 BCE: Antony and Cleopatra marry in Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey).
325: Council of Nicea
331: Birth of Julian the Apostate
22 May 337: Death of Constantine the Great
451: Council of Chalcedon
14 Nov 565: Emperor Justinian I dies in Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey).
787: Second Council of Nicea
Oct 1918: End of World War I in Middle East