FormationThe 6th century BCE

Formation in the 6th 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 6th century BCE — 6 of them, drawn from 5 nations, running from 600 BCE to 550 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
6
Nations
5
Earliest
600 BCE
Latest
550 BCE
Asia
3
Europe
2
Africa
1

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

  1. c. 6th century BCE — Africa:

    Cameroon

    Rise of the Sao culture

    South of Lake Chad the Sao began building walled towns and producing distinctive terracotta and bronze artwork, forming one of the earliest known complex societies in the region.

    Era: The Sao, the Bantu cradle and Cameroon's early peoples

    Sources: Sao civilisation · Wikipedia, Cameroon (country overview and history) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. c. 600 BCE — Europe:

    France

    Foundation of Massalia (Marseille)

    Greek colonists from Phocaea establish a trading port — the oldest city in France.

    Era: Gaul & Rome

    Sources: Marseille · Encyclopædia Britannica

  3. c. 6th century BCE — Asia:

    Georgia

    Kingdom of Colchis flourishes

    On the Black Sea coast of western Georgia, the wealthy kingdom of Colchis, the land of the Golden Fleece in Greek myth, traded with the Greek world and developed a society famed for its metalwork.

    Era: Colchis, Iberia and the Land of the Golden Fleece

    Sources: Colchis (ancient region) · Encyclopaedia Britannica, History of Georgia · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  4. c. 550 BCE — Asia:

    Iran

    Cyrus the Great founds the Achaemenid Empire

    Cyrus II overthrows the Median king Astyages and unites the Medes and Persians, founding the Achaemenid (Persian) Empire — the first Persian world empire.

    Era: Elam and the Achaemenid Empire

    Sources: Cyrus the Great · World History Encyclopedia, Cyrus the Great · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  5. 6th century BCE — Asia:

    Iran

    Pasargadae, the first Achaemenid capital, is founded in Fars

    Cyrus the Great founds Pasargadae as the earliest capital of the Achaemenid Empire, in the heartland of the Persians, today the province of Fars in south-western Iran. UNESCO lists it as a World Heritage Site.

    Era: Elam and the Achaemenid Empire

    Sources: Pasargadae — UNESCO World Heritage List · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Cyrus the Great · World History Encyclopedia

  6. c. 550–500 BCE — Europe:

    Monaco

    Monoikos named by Hecataeus

    The Greek geographer Hecataeus of Miletus refers to Monoikos as a Ligurian town, the earliest known mention of the site that would become Monaco; later the Phocaeans of Massalia developed it as a port.

    Era: Monoikos: The Harbour of Hercules

    Sources: A port during Greek then Roman antiquity · Government of Monaco (gouv.mc), Monaco: Early History · GlobalSecurity.org