- 1st millennium BCE onward — Oceania:
Rise of Fijian chiefdoms
Fijian society develops into a hierarchy of competing chiefdoms bound by lineage, land and warfare, at the crossroads of Melanesia and Polynesia.
Era: Lapita Voyagers & the Sea-Going Chiefdoms
Sources: Fiji — History (Melanesian, Colonialism, Independence) · Encyclopædia Britannica, Fiji — Countries (A Guide to the History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations) · U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian
Politics & PowerThe 5th century BCE
Politics & Power in the 5th century BCE
One event in the Terralore archive falls in the 5th century BCE, tagged politics and power — dynasties, constitutions, revolutions and changes of regime. It keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
- Events
- 1
- Nations
- 1
- Earliest
- 500 BCE
- Latest
- 500 BCE
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.