Peoples & MigrationThe 6th century BCE

Peoples & Migration in the 6th century BCE

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged peoples and migration — settlement, movement and displacement, narrowed to the 6th century BCE — 2 of them, drawn from 2 nations, all of it in 600 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
2
Nations
2
Earliest
600 BCE
Latest
600 BCE
Africa
1
Europe
1

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

  1. from c. 6th century BCEAfrica

    Chad

    Rise of the Sao culture

    The Sao settled the lower Chari and southern Lake Chad, producing celebrated terracotta and bronze figures across more than 350 known sites before being absorbed by later states.

    Era: Toumaï and the Sao

    Sources: Sao civilisation · Wikipedia, The Ancient Sao Civilization in Central Africa · Ancient Origins

  2. from c. 6th century BCEEurope

    Malta

    Carthaginian Malta

    Following earlier Phoenician use of the islands as a trading station, the Carthaginians were firmly established in Malta by the sixth century BCE, leaving coins, inscriptions and Punic rock tombs.

    Era: Phoenicians, Carthage, Rome and the Coming of Christianity

    Sources: Malta: History, Language, Map, People · Encyclopaedia Britannica