Peoples & MigrationThe 8th century BCE

Peoples & Migration in the 8th century BCE

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged peoples and migration — settlement, movement and displacement, narrowed to the 8th century BCE — 2 of them, drawn from 2 nations, running from 800 BCE to 740 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
2
Nations
2
Earliest
800 BCE
Latest
740 BCE
Europe
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. 800 BCE — North America:

    Greenland

    The Dorset (Tuniit) culture

    The Dorset Paleo-Inuit, expert sea-mammal hunters known for their carved art, followed the Saqqaq and occupied Greenland's coasts through the long pre-Thule centuries.

    Era: The First Peoples: Saqqaq, Dorset and Thule

    Sources: Aasivissuit–Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Greenland: History · Encyclopædia Britannica

  2. c. 8th century BCE — Europe:

    Italy

    Greek colonies of Magna Graecia

    From around the 8th century BCE Greek city-states founded colonies across southern Italy and Sicily, from Cumae to Tarentum, creating the prosperous Hellenic world of Magna Graecia.

    Era: Italic Peoples and the Rise of Rome

    Sources: Magna Graecia · World History Encyclopedia, Ancient Italic people (Etruscans, Latins, Samnites) · Encyclopaedia Britannica