Yaz culture

Yaz culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Transoxiana and Khwarazm (Central and North Asia) from c. 1500 to 500 BCE, a span of 1,000 years. Its people spoke Iranian languages (Median, Persian, Parthian, Scythian, Sogdian, Pashto, Kurdish).

Early Iron Age oasis farmers of Margiana and Bactria with fortified citadels and irrigation canals. Many scholars place the world of the Avesta and early Zoroastrianism among them.

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Facts

Dates: c. 1500 to 500 BCE
Duration: 1,000 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Transoxiana and Khwarazm, 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

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

Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
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
Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE, Middle East
Achaemenid Empire 550 to 330 BCE, Middle East
Athens 508 to 322 BCE, Europe

Questions

When did Yaz culture exist?

c. 1500 to 500 BCE, about 1,000 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Yaz culture?

Transoxiana and Khwarazm, in Central and North Asia.

What language did Yaz culture speak?

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