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 |