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 BCEAfrica

    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 BCEAsia

    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 BCEAsia

    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