Pazyryk culture

Pazyryk culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Western Siberia and the Altai (Central and North Asia) from c. 600 to 250 BCE, a span of 350 years. Its people spoke Iranian languages (Median, Persian, Parthian, Scythian, Sogdian, Pashto, Kurdish).

Saka horse nomads of the Altai whose frozen tombs preserved tattooed bodies, felt hangings, saddles and the oldest known pile carpet, along with Persian and Chinese imports.

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Facts

Dates: c. 600 to 250 BCE
Duration: 350 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Western Siberia and the Altai, Central and North Asia
Language family: Iranian

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

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
Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE, Europe
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
Empire of Alexander the Great 336 to 323 BCE, Europe

Questions

When did Pazyryk culture exist?

c. 600 to 250 BCE, about 350 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Pazyryk culture?

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

What language did Pazyryk culture speak?

Iranian. This family includes Median, Persian, Parthian, Scythian, Sogdian, Pashto, Kurdish.