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300
King Varaz-Bakur builds a fortress near what is now Tbilisi
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326
Georgians officially adopt Christianity
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500
Tbilisi becomes the capital city
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570
Persians take over Tbilisi
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Period: 683 to 685
Khazar soldiers invade the region
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Period: 736 to 1050
Arabs dominate Georgia
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1100
King David the Builder’s reign increases Georgia’s wealth and power
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Period: 1172 to 1216
Medieval poet Shota Rustaveli writes Vepkhistkaosani, the Georgian national epic poem
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1178
King Giorgi III crowns his teenage daughter Tamar as co-ruler
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Period: 1204 to 1205
Queen Tamar and her soldiers overcome the Turks at the Battle of Basiani
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1212
Queen Tamar dies after a 29-year reign
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1212
Queen Tamar dies after a 29-year reign
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1230
Mongol hordes invade Georgia and Queen Rusudani flees
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1230
Mongol hordes invade Georgia and Queen Rusudani flees
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1330
The Mongols are forced out and Georgia is independent again
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1522
Georgia is taken over by Persia
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Georgia becomes a absolute monarchy Russian country that is protected by another country)
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Period: to
Most of what is now Georgia becomes part of the Russian Empire
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Georgia is declared an independent state
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The Red Army invades and Georgia is declared a Soviet Socialist Republic
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Georgia becomes a founding member of the Soviet Union
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Protests and calls for separation from the Soviet Union are brutally crushed by Soviet forces
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Soviet troops kill 19 pro-independence demonstrators in Tbilisi
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Period: to
Hundreds are killed and tens of thousands flee the violence between South Ossetian independence fighters and Georgian forces
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Georgia secedes from the Soviet Union and declares independence
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Fighting between government troops and rebels forces the president from power; South Ossetians vote in favor of independence, but the vote is not recognized
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A new constitution is adopted; the new currency, the lari, is introduced; Abkhazia declares independence
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The death penalty is abolished
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The Rose Revolution overthrows the government
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South Ossetians again vote for independence, but Georgia does not recognize the vote
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A state of emergency is declared as a wave of anti-government protests break out; the last Russian troops withdraw from Georgia, but some remain in the provinces states of South Ossetia and Abkhazia
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Georgia tries to retake Abkhazia by force and Russia launches a counter-attack; the two sides sign a peace agreement, but Russia recognizes the two provinces as independent states
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More than 50,000 protesters gather at a Tbilisi stadium on Independence Day to demand that the president resign
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the International Criminal Court (ICC) approved an inquiry into allegations of war crimes committed by Russia during the 2008 conflict over the region of South Ossetia
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A Georgian lawyer appealed to Georgia's constitutional court to legalize same-sex marriage. Giorgi Tatishvili hopes the court will find unconstitutional a law that defines marriage as only a union between a man and a woman.