ColonisationThe 6th century BCE

Colonisation in the 6th century BCE

One event in the Terralore archive falls in the 6th century BCE, tagged colonisation — the establishment, administration and ending of colonial rule. It keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
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Nations
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Earliest
518 BCE
Latest
518 BCE

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. c. 518 BCEAsia

    Pakistan

    Achaemenid Persia annexes the Indus lands

    The Persian empire incorporates the Indus region as among its wealthiest provinces, bringing centralised administration and Aramaic writing to the area.

    Era: Gandhara and the Ancient Empires

    Sources: Pakistan: A Country Study · Library of Congress, Federal Research Division, Taxila · Encyclopædia Britannica