Donghu

Donghu appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Mongolian plateau (Central and North Asia) from c. 700 to 209 BCE, a span of 491 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

The Eastern Barbarians of Chinese records, a nomad confederation of eastern Mongolia and western Manchuria. Modu Chanyu of the Xiongnu destroyed them, and their remnants became the Wuhuan and Xianbei.

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Facts

Dates

c. 700 to 209 BCE

Duration

491 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Mongolian plateau, Central and North Asia

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Became

• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE
• Xianbei state c. 93 to 234 CE

Events in Central and North Asia during its time

• 530 BCE Cyrus the Great killed by the Massagetae
• 327 BCE Alexander marries Roxana

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE
• Sogdiana c. 545 BCE to 722 CE
• Bactria (Achaemenid satrapy) c. 545 to 330 BCE
• Greco-Bactrian Kingdom c. 256 to 125 BCE
• Ancient Chorasmia c. 600 BCE to 305 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE, Europe
• Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE, Middle East
• Ptolemaic Kingdom 305 to 30 BCE, North and West Africa
• Achaemenid Empire 550 to 330 BCE, Middle East
• Athens 508 to 322 BCE, Europe
• Maurya Empire 322 to 185 BCE, South Asia
• Empire of Alexander the Great 334 to 312 BCE, Middle East

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