- 331 BCE — Europe:
Foundation of Alexandria
Alexander founded Alexandria in Egypt, which became the greatest city of the Hellenistic world and a centre of Greek learning, home to its famous Library and Museum.
Era: The Hellenistic Age: Alexander and His Successors
Sources: Alexander the Great · World History Encyclopedia
- c. 322 BCE — Asia:
Chandragupta Maurya founds the Maurya Empire
Chandragupta Maurya overthrows the Nanda dynasty and builds the first empire to unify most of the subcontinent, with its capital at Pataliputra.
Era: Classical Empires: Maurya and the Gupta Golden Age
Sources: Mauryan Empire · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Chandragupta Maurya · Wikipedia
- 312 BCE — Asia:
The Nabataeans resist the Greeks at Petra
The Nabataean Arabs, established around Petra, repelled campaigns by the Hellenistic successors of Alexander, marking their emergence as a distinct desert power controlling the caravan trade.
Era: The Nabataeans and the Rose-Red City of Petra
Sources: Petra · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Jordan: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica
Formation in the 4th 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 4th century BCE — 3 of them, drawn from 3 nations, running from 331 BCE to 312 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
- Events
- 3
- Nations
- 3
- Earliest
- 331 BCE
- Latest
- 312 BCE
- Asia
- 2
- Europe
- 1
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.