Culture & IdeasThe 3rd century BCE

Culture & Ideas in the 3rd century BCE

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged culture and ideas — art, language, science and learning, narrowed to the 3rd century BCE — 2 of them, drawn from 2 nations, running from 300 BCE to 210 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
2
Nations
2
Earliest
300 BCE
Latest
210 BCE
Africa
1
Asia
1

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

  1. c. 3rd century BCEAfrica

    Gambia

    Megalith-building begins along the river

    Communities in the Senegambian region began raising circles of cut laterite pillars and burial mounds along the Gambia River; excavated burials yield dates spanning roughly the third century BCE to the sixteenth century CE.

    Era: Stone circles and the peoples of the river

    Sources: Stone Circles of Senegambia · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Stone Circles of Senegambia · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Senegambian stone circles · Wikipedia

  2. 210 BCEAsia

    China

    Death of the First Emperor and the terracotta army

    Qin Shi Huang dies and is entombed near Xi'an in a colossal mausoleum guarded by roughly 8,000 terracotta warriors, rediscovered in 1974 and now a UNESCO World Heritage site.

    Era: Imperial Unification: Qin and Han

    Sources: Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (World Heritage List) · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Qin Shi Huang · Encyclopaedia Britannica