Khanty, Mansi and Samoyedic peoples

Khanty, Mansi and Samoyedic peoples appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Western Siberia and the Altai (Central and North Asia) from c. 1000 CE to the present, a span of 1,025 years. Its people spoke Uralic languages (Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Sami, Samoyed).

The Ob-Ugric Khanty and Mansi, called Yugra by Novgorod chroniclers from 1096, and the Samoyedic Nenets and Selkup reindeer herders of the tundra. Russian fur tribute and missionaries reached them from the 16th century.

See Khanty, Mansi and Samoyedic peoples on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 1000 CE to the present
Duration: 1,025 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Western Siberia and the Altai, Central and North Asia
Language family: Uralic

Came from

Uralic hunter-fishers of western Siberia c. 3200 BCE to 1000 CE

Events in Central and North Asia during its time

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
1582 Yermak takes Sibir
1689 Treaty of Nerchinsk
1755 Destruction of the Dzungars

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

Mongol Empire 1206 to 1368 CE
Timurid Empire 1370 to 1507 CE
Soviet Union 1922 to 1991 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
Khanate of Bukhara 1500 to 1785 CE
Northern Yuan 1368 to 1635 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
Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
Khmer Empire 802 to 1431 CE, Southeast Asia
Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe

Questions

When did Khanty, Mansi and Samoyedic peoples exist?

c. 1000 CE to the present, about 1,025 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Khanty, Mansi and Samoyedic peoples?

Western Siberia and the Altai, in Central and North Asia.

What language did Khanty, Mansi and Samoyedic peoples speak?

Uralic. This family includes Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Sami, Samoyed.

What came before Khanty, Mansi and Samoyedic peoples?

Uralic hunter-fishers of western Siberia.