Okhotsk culture
Okhotsk culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Eastern Siberia and the Far East (Central and North Asia) from c. 500 to 1200 CE, a span of 700 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).
Sea-mammal hunters of Sakhalin, the Kurils and northern Hokkaido who built large pentagonal houses with bear-skull shrines. The Nivkh people likely descend in part from them.
See Okhotsk culture on the interactive timeline
Facts
- Dates
- c. 500 to 1200 CE
- Duration
- 700 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- Eastern Siberia and the Far East, Central and North Asia
- Language family
- Unknown or undeciphered
Events in Central and North Asia during its time
- Orkhon inscriptions raised
- Battle of Talas
- Uyghur khagan adopts Manichaeism
- Battle of Qatwan
Neighbours in Central and North Asia
- First Turkic Khaganate
- Sogdiana
- Kingdom of Khotan
- Uyghur Kingdom of Qocho
- Kara-Khanid Khanate
- Rouran Khaganate
- Liao dynasty
- Samanid Empire
- Khwarazmian Empire
- Western Turkic Khaganate
Elsewhere in the world at the same time
- Republic of Venice
- Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Swahili city-states
- Ghana Empire (Wagadu)
- Holy Roman Empire
- Kingdom of Aksum
- Srivijaya
- Moche (Mochica)
- Teotihuacan
Questions
When did Okhotsk culture exist?
c. 500 to 1200 CE, about 700 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.
Where was Okhotsk culture?
Eastern Siberia and the Far East, in Central and North Asia.
What language did Okhotsk culture speak?
Unknown or undeciphered. This family includes Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages.