Culture & IdeasThe 5th century

Culture & Ideas in the 5th century

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged culture and ideas — art, language, science and learning, narrowed to the 5th century — 2 of them, drawn from 2 nations, running from 405 to 477. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
2
Nations
2
Earliest
405
Latest
477

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

  1. — Asia:

    Armenia

    Mesrop Mashtots creates the Armenian alphabet

    The scholar Mesrop Mashtots devised the 36-letter Armenian alphabet, enabling Scripture and literature in Armenian and launching a 5th-century golden age of writing and translation.

    Era: The First Christian Nation and the Alphabet

    Sources: Armenian alphabet · Encyclopædia Britannica, Mesrop Mashtots · World History Encyclopedia

  2. — Asia:

    Sri Lanka

    Kassapa I builds Sigiriya

    A king who took the throne by killing his father moves the capital to the summit of a 180-metre granite peak, entered through a stair rising from the mouth of a brick lion.

    Era: Anuradhapura and the Coming of Buddhism

    Sources: Ancient City of Sigiriya (World Heritage List) · UNESCO World Heritage Centre