Ymyyakhtakh culture

Ymyyakhtakh culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Eastern Siberia and the Far East (Central and North Asia) from c. 2200 to 1300 BCE, a span of 900 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Late Neolithic hunters of northeast Siberia, with waffle-stamped pottery, whose ancestry later reached the Paleo-Eskimo peoples of Alaska and Greenland.

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Facts

Dates: c. 2200 to 1300 BCE
Duration: 900 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Eastern Siberia and the Far East, Central and North Asia
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Came from

Belkachi culture c. 3200 to 2200 BCE

Events in Central and North Asia during its time

2000 BCE First spoke-wheeled chariots

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
Old Kingdom of Egypt c. 2686 to 2181 BCE, North and West Africa
New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa
Old Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE, Middle East
Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE, Middle East
Akkadian Empire c. 2334 to 2154 BCE, Middle East

Questions

When did Ymyyakhtakh culture exist?

c. 2200 to 1300 BCE, about 900 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Ymyyakhtakh culture?

Eastern Siberia and the Far East, in Central and North Asia.

What language did Ymyyakhtakh culture speak?

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

What came before Ymyyakhtakh culture?

Belkachi culture.