Slab grave culture

Slab grave culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Mongolian plateau (Central and North Asia) from c. 1100 to 300 BCE, a span of 800 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Herders of eastern Mongolia and Transbaikalia who buried their dead in rectangular stone-lined graves. Ancient DNA links them to the later Xiongnu and Xianbei.

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Facts

Dates: c. 1100 to 300 BCE
Duration: 800 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Mongolian plateau, Central and North Asia
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

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
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
Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa
Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE, Europe
Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE, Middle East
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

Questions

When did Slab grave culture exist?

c. 1100 to 300 BCE, about 800 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Slab grave culture?

Mongolian plateau, in Central and North Asia.

What language did Slab grave culture speak?

Unknown or undeciphered. This family includes Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages.