Peoples & MigrationThe 2nd millennium BCE

Peoples & Migration in the 2nd millennium BCE

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged peoples and migration — settlement, movement and displacement, narrowed to the 2nd millennium BCE — 3 of them, drawn from 3 nations, running from 2000 BCE to 1175 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
3
Nations
3
Earliest
2000 BCE
Latest
1175 BCE
Asia
2
Africa
1

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

  1. c. 1st millennium BCE — Africa:

    South Africa

    San and Khoekhoe of the subcontinent

    The San, hunter-gatherers present for tens of thousands of years, were joined around two thousand years ago by the herding Khoekhoe, together forming the long-established Khoisan societies of the region.

    Era: Early peoples: San, Khoekhoe and the Bantu-speaking kingdoms

    Sources: South Africa (country, history and government) · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Cradle of Humankind · South African History Online

  2. from c. 1200 BCE — Asia:

    Cyprus

    Greek settlement and the city-kingdoms

    After the collapse of Mycenaean Greece, Greek-speaking settlers established the city-kingdoms of Cyprus, among them Salamis, Kition and Paphos, making Greek the island's predominant language.

    Era: Neolithic Settlers, Greek City-Kingdoms and the Cult of Aphrodite

    Sources: Cyprus: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Paphos (World Heritage List, inscribed 1980) · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  3. c. 12th century BCE — Asia:

    Palestine

    Arrival of the Philistines

    The Philistines settled the southern coastal plain, founding cities such as Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ashdod; their name would later give the land the name 'Palestine'.

    Era: Ancient Palestine: Canaan, the Philistines, and the Empires

    Sources: Philistine - people · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Philistines · Wikipedia