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
1
Nations
1
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 BCE — Asia:

    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