Evenki and Even reindeer herders

Evenki and Even reindeer herders appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Eastern Siberia and the Far East (Central and North Asia) from c. 500 CE to the present, a span of 1,525 years. Its people spoke Tungusic languages (Jurchen, Manchu, Evenki).

Tungusic hunters who rode and herded reindeer across the taiga from the Yenisei to the Pacific. Their word saman gave the world the term shaman.

See Evenki and Even reindeer herders on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

c. 500 CE to the present

Duration

1,525 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Eastern Siberia and the Far East, Central and North Asia

Language family

Tungusic

Events in Central and North Asia during its time

• 732 Orkhon inscriptions raised
• 751 Battle of Talas
• 762 Uyghur khagan adopts Manichaeism
• 1141 Battle of Qatwan
• 1206 Temujin proclaimed Genghis Khan
• 1220 Mongols sack Bukhara and Samarkand
• 1428 Ulugh Beg's observatory
• 1578 Altan Khan names the Dalai Lama

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• Mongol Empire 1206 to 1368 CE
• Timurid Empire 1370 to 1507 CE
• Soviet Union 1922 to 1991 CE
• First Turkic Khaganate 552 to 603 CE
• Sogdiana c. 545 BCE to 722 CE
• Kingdom of Khotan c. 200 BCE to 1006 CE
• Uyghur Kingdom of Qocho c. 843 to 1335 CE
• Kazakh Khanate 1465 to 1847 CE
• Kara-Khanid Khanate c. 840 to 1212 CE
• Russian Siberia 1582 to 1917 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America

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