FormationThe 7th century

Formation in the 7th century

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 7th century — 4 of them, drawn from 4 nations, running from 658 to 681. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
4
Nations
4
Earliest
658
Latest
681
Asia
2
Europe
2

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

  1. Europe

    Slovenia

    Founding of Carantania

    The Slavic principality of Carantania took shape in the eastern Alps, centred north of present-day Slovenia, and is remembered for the enthronement of its dukes in the Slovene language at the Prince's Stone.

    Era: Carantania and the Slavic Settlement of the Eastern Alps

    Sources: Our past · Slovenia.si (Government Communication Office), History of Slovenia · Government of Slovenia (gov.si)

  2. Asia

    Indonesia

    Rise of the Srivijaya thalassocracy

    From its base at Palembang in Sumatra, the Buddhist kingdom of Srivijaya comes to dominate maritime trade through the Straits of Malacca and Sunda and becomes a renowned centre of Buddhist scholarship.

    Era: Early Peoples and the Hindu-Buddhist Kingdoms: Srivijaya and Majapahit

    Sources: Srivijaya empire · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. Asia

    Malaysia

    Rise of the Srivijaya thalassocracy

    Based at Palembang in Sumatra, the Buddhist kingdom of Srivijaya comes to control the Strait of Malacca and the maritime trade between India and China, becoming the dominant commercial power of the Malay world.

    Era: Early Malay Polities and the Srivijaya Maritime Realm

    Sources: Srivijaya empire · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Srivijaya (Research Starters: History) · EBSCO

  4. Europe

    Bulgaria

    Foundation of the First Bulgarian Empire

    Khan Asparukh defeated the army of Emperor Constantine IV and forced Byzantium to recognise a Bulgar realm south of the Danube, with its capital at Pliska, the act conventionally regarded as the birth of the Bulgarian state.

    Era: Thracians, Asparukh's Khanate and the First Bulgarian Empire

    Sources: Bulgaria: The first Bulgarian empire · Encyclopaedia Britannica, History of Bulgaria · Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria, About Bulgaria: History · Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria (gov.bg)