Sakha (Yakuts)
Sakha (Yakuts) appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Eastern Siberia and the Far East (Central and North Asia) from c. 1250 CE to the present, a span of 775 years. Its people spoke Turkic languages (Gokturk, Uyghur, Seljuk, Ottoman, Kazakh, Tatar).
Turkic horse and cattle breeders who moved north from the Baikal region to the middle Lena, where they kept their herds alive through winters of minus 50 degrees.
See Sakha (Yakuts) on the interactive timeline
Facts
- Dates
- c. 1250 CE to the present
- Duration
- 775 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- Eastern Siberia and the Far East, Central and North Asia
- Language family
- Turkic
Events in Central and North Asia during its time
- Ulugh Beg's observatory
- Altan Khan names the Dalai Lama
- Yermak takes Sibir
- Treaty of Nerchinsk
- Destruction of the Dzungars
- Russia captures Tashkent
- Tunguska explosion
- Kazakh famine
Neighbours in Central and North Asia
- Mongol Empire
- Timurid Empire
- Soviet Union
- Uyghur Kingdom of Qocho
- Kazakh Khanate
- Russian Siberia
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Northern Yuan
- Golden Horde
- Qing rule in Mongolia
Elsewhere in the world at the same time
- Republic of Venice
- Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Swahili city-states
- Holy Roman Empire
- Srivijaya
- Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty)
- Khmer Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Ottoman Empire
Questions
When did Sakha (Yakuts) exist?
c. 1250 CE to the present, about 775 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.
Where was Sakha (Yakuts)?
Eastern Siberia and the Far East, in Central and North Asia.
What language did Sakha (Yakuts) speak?
Turkic. This family includes Gokturk, Uyghur, Seljuk, Ottoman, Kazakh, Tatar.