FormationThe 1st century BCE

Formation in the 1st century BCE

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged formation — origins, unifications and the founding of states as each nation's archive records them, narrowed to the 1st century BCE — 3 of them, drawn from 3 nations, running from 100 BCE to 57 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
57 BCE
Asia
2
Europe
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:

    Azerbaijan

    The kingdom of Caucasian Albania

    The Caucasian Albanians established a kingdom in the eastern Caucasus, much of which overlaps present-day Azerbaijan, before falling under the suzerainty of the Sasanian Persian Empire.

    Era: Gobustan, Caucasian Albania and the land of fire

    Sources: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Country Studies (ed. Glenn E. Curtis) · Library of Congress, Federal Research Division, Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  2. 1st century BCE — Europe:

    Romania

    The Dacian kingdom

    The Dacians built a powerful kingdom in the Carpathian arc, fortified by stone strongholds in the Orastie Mountains with their capital at Sarmizegetusa Regia, the nucleus of Dacian power.

    Era: Dacia and Rome: the Latin foundation

    Sources: Dacia · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  3. c. 57 BCE - 1st century CE — Asia:

    South Korea

    Emergence of the Three Kingdoms

    Silla, Goguryeo, and Baekje take shape as the three dominant kingdoms of the peninsula, each later adopting Buddhism and centralized rule.

    Era: Gojoseon and the Three Kingdoms

    Sources: Three Kingdoms period · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Korea (history) · Encyclopaedia Britannica