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 BCE — Asia:

    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