FormationThe 9th century BCE

Formation in the 9th 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 9th century BCE — 2 of them, drawn from 2 nations, running from 900 BCE to 814 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
2
Nations
2
Earliest
900 BCE
Latest
814 BCE
Africa
1
North America
1

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

  1. c. 900-300 BCENorth America

    Guatemala

    Tikal settled in the Peten

    A village forms at Tikal in the Middle Formative period and grows into a ceremonial centre of the lowland Maya.

    Era: The Maya Heartland

    Sources: Tikal · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Tikal National Park · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  2. c. 814 BCEAfrica

    Tunisia

    Foundation of Carthage

    Phoenician settlers from Tyre establish Carthage, which grows into a dominant Mediterranean trading power.

    Era: Carthage & the Punic Wars

    Sources: Battle of Carthage (146 BCE) · Encyclopaedia Britannica, History of Tunisia · Wikipedia