Old Bering Sea culture

Old Bering Sea culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Eastern Siberia and the Far East (Central and North Asia) from c. 200 BCE to 600 CE, a span of 799 years. Its people spoke Eskimo-Aleut languages (Inuit, Yupik, Aleut, Thule, Dorset (Paleo-Eskimo)).

Walrus and whale hunters on both shores of the Bering Strait, famous for ivory harpoon heads and figures carved with flowing curvilinear designs.

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Facts

Dates

c. 200 BCE to 600 CE

Duration

799 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Eastern Siberia and the Far East, Central and North Asia

Language family

Eskimo-Aleut

Became

• Punuk culture c. 800 to 1300 CE

Events in Central and North Asia during its time

• 138 BCE Zhang Qian travels west

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE
• First Turkic Khaganate 552 to 603 CE
• Sogdiana c. 545 BCE to 722 CE
• Kingdom of Khotan c. 200 BCE to 1006 CE
• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE
• Rouran Khaganate 330 to 555 CE
• Xianbei state c. 93 to 234 CE
• Greco-Bactrian Kingdom c. 256 to 125 BCE
• Hephthalite Empire c. 450 to 560 CE
• Kingdom of Kucha c. 100 BCE to 840 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East

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