Colchis was an ancient region and kingdom on the eastern shore of the Black Sea, in what is now western Georgia. In Greek mythology it was the land of King Aeëtes and the sorceress Medea, and the destination of Jason and the Argonauts, who sailed there to seek the Golden Fleece. Greek colonists founded trading towns on its coast, such as Phasis at the mouth of the Rioni River, and its people were known for their metalworking and for exports of timber, flax and other goods. Colchis was later absorbed into the Kingdom of Pontus and then came under Roman influence, and in later centuries its territory became the kingdom of Lazica.
Before and after
- from c. 1,782 BCE to 1,570 BCESecond Intermediate Period of Egypt
- c. 1,752 BCECode of Hammurabi
- c. 1,750 BCEDeath of Hammurabi
- c. 1,750 BCEEruption of Veniaminof
- from 18th century BCE to 2nd century BCEColchis
- from c. 1,650 BCE to 1,260 BCEMitanni
- from c. 1,650 BCE to 1,550 BCEFifteenth Dynasty of Egypt
- from c. 1,650 BCE to 1,580 BCESixteenth Dynasty of Egypt
- c. 1,645 BCEEruption of Aniakchak
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The era
This moment belongs to the Ancient civilizations (3,200 BCE to 500 CE), writing, cities and empires.