FormationThe 2nd century BCE

Formation in the 2nd century BCE

One event in the Terralore archive falls in the 2nd century BCE, tagged formation — origins, unifications and the founding of states as each nation's archive records them. It keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
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Nations
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Earliest
200 BCE
Latest
200 BCE

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

  1. c. 200 BCEAsia

    Myanmar

    Rise of the Pyu city-states

    Tibeto-Burman Pyu peoples establish walled, moated cities such as Beikthano, Halin and Sri Ksetra in the Irrawaddy basin, founding the region's first urban civilization.

    Era: The Pyu City-States and the Coming of Buddhism

    Sources: Pyu Ancient Cities · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, History of Myanmar · Encyclopaedia Britannica