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 BCEAsia

    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 BCEEurope

    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 CEAsia

    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