Culture & IdeasThe 1st century BCE

Culture & Ideas in the 1st century BCE

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged culture and ideas — art, language, science and learning, narrowed to the 1st century BCE — 3 of them, drawn from 3 nations, running from 100 BCE to 1 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
3
Nations
3
Earliest
100 BCE
Latest
1 BCE
Asia
2
South America
1

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

  1. c. 1st century BCE — Asia:

    Jordan

    Petra reaches its golden age

    At the height of the incense trade the Nabataeans carved Petra's monumental tomb-temples and engineered an elaborate system of dams, channels and cisterns to sustain a great city in the desert.

    Era: The Nabataeans and the Rose-Red City of Petra

    Sources: Petra · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  2. c. 1st century BCE — Asia:

    Saudi Arabia

    The Nabataeans make Hegra their southern capital

    The Nabataean kingdom extended south and developed Hegra (al-Hijr) as a major caravan city, carving monumental rock-cut tombs that survive as the second-largest Nabataean site after Petra.

    Era: Ancient Arabia and the Caravan Kingdoms

    Sources: Hegra Archaeological Site (al-Hijr / Madain Salih) · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Hegra (Madain Salih) · Saudipedia

  3. 1st-8th c. CE — South America:

    Colombia

    San Agustin megaliths

    In the upper Magdalena valley, the San Agustin culture carves the largest assemblage of monumental religious statuary in South America, later a UNESCO World Heritage site.

    Era: Goldsmiths and Megalith Carvers

    Sources: San Agustin Archaeological Park · UNESCO World Heritage Centre