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.

  1. 1st millennium BCE onwardOceania

    Fiji

    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