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The 28th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2800 BC to 2701 BC. Events. c. 2800 BC – 2700 BC: Seated Harp Player, from Keros, Cyclades, is made. It is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 2775 BC – 2650 BC: Second Dynasty wars in Ancient Egypt. c. 2750 BC: Estimated ending of the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in ...
- 27th Century BC
The 27th century BC was a century that lasted from the year...
- 29th Century BC
The 29th century BC was a century that lasted from the year...
- 27th Century BC
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, [16] also known as the First Persian Empire [17] ( / əˈkiːmənɪd /; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐏂, Xšāça, lit. 'The Empire' [18] or 'The Kingdom' [19] ), was the ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. Based in modern-day Iran, it was the largest ...
- 5,500,000 km² (2,100,000 sq mi)
- Classical antiquity
- Indigenous Peoples
- Early European Explorers
- From Fur Trade Districts to Colonies
- Colonial British Columbia
- Entry Into Canada
- 20th Century
- 21st Century
- First Nations
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Human history in what has come to be known as British Columbia dates back thousands of years. Archaeology finds in British Columbia have been dated to as early as 13,543 years ago,with some exciting potential for underwater sites beginning to be detected. The geography of the land influenced the cultural development of the peoples, and in places al...
The first European visitors to present-day British Columbia were Spanish sailors and other European sailors who sailed for the Spanish crown. There is some evidence that the Greek-born Juan de Fuca, who sailed for Spain and explored the West coast of North America in the 1590s, might have reached the passageway between Washington State and Vancouve...
The arrival of Europeans began to intensify in the mid-19th century, as fur traders entered the area to harvest sea otters. Although technically a part of British North America, British Columbia was largely run by the Hudson's Bay Company after its merger with the North West Company in 1821. The Central Interior of the region was organized into the...
In 1858, gold was found along the banks of the Thompson River just east of what is now Lytton, British Columbia, triggering the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush. When word got out to San Francisco about gold in British territory, Victoria has transformed overnight into a tent city as prospectors, speculators, land agents, and outfitters flooded in from arou...
Both the depressed economic situation – arising from the collapse of the gold rushes – and a desire for the establishment of truly responsible and representative government, led to enormous domestic pressure for British Columbia to join the Canadian Confederation, which had been proclaimed in 1867. The Confederation League, spearheaded by three fut...
Since the days of the fur trade, British Columbia's economy has been based on natural resources, particularly fishing, logging and mining. From the canneries to the mills and mines, BC's resource sector was increasingly the domain of large commercial interests. With industrialization and economic growth, workers arrived to join in the seemingly bou...
If the 20th century can be said to have been (see above) one of ethnocultural strife, the 21st thus far can be said to be one of relative harmony. One of the first pronouncements of Stephen Harper, upon his victory in the 39th general election to the Parliament in Ottawa, was that proper redress would be afforded the payers of the Chinese head tax....
The legacy of British Imperialism in BC is unusual in that neither conquest nor treaties were undertaken as settlement occurred under the doctrine of Terra Nullius. With few exceptions (the Douglas Treaties of Fort Rupert and southern Vancouver Island) no treaties were signed. Some early settlers assumed, based on the catastrophic population crash ...
Barman, Jean. The West Beyond the West: A History of British ColumbiaU. of Toronto Press, 1991. 430ppCarlson, Roy L. and Bona, Luke Dalla, eds. Early Human Occupation in British Columbia.Vancouver: U. of British Columbia Press, 1996. 261 pp.Carty, R. K., ed. Politics, Policy, and Government in British Columbia.Vancouver: U. of British Columbia Press, 1996. 381 pp.Cole, Douglas & Ira Chaiken "An Iron Hand Upon the People: The Law Against the Potlatch on the Northwest Coast." Vancouver/Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1990. ISBN 0-88894-695-328 BC in various calendars; Gregorian calendar: 28 BC XXVIII BC: Ab urbe condita: 726: Ancient Greek era: 188th Olympiad ¹: Assyrian calendar: 4723: Balinese saka calendar: N/A: Bengali calendar: −620: Berber calendar: 923: Buddhist calendar: 517: Burmese calendar: −665: Byzantine calendar: 5481–5482: Chinese calendar: 壬辰年 (Water ...
e. The Maurya Empire ( Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀕𑀥𑁂, Māgadhe [21]) was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in South Asia based in Magadha. Founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE, it existed in loose-knit fashion until 185 BCE. [22] The empire was centralized by the conquest of the Indo-Gangetic Plain; its capital ...
The 29th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2900 BC to 2801 BC. Events The grove in which the Prometheus Tree grew, with the Wheeler Peak headwall in the distance. c. 2900 BC: Beginning of the Early Dynastic Period I in Sumer. c. 2900 BC – 2600 BC: Votive statues from the Square Temple of Eshnunna (modern Tell Ashmar, Iraq ...
It was founded c.470 BC after the Persian defeat in Greece, had its capital at Seuthopolis, near Kazanlak, Stara Zagora Province, in central Bulgaria. Other tribal unions existed in Dacia at least as early as the beginning of the 2nd century BC under King Oroles. The Illyrian tribes were situated in the area corresponding to today's Adriatic coast.
