Yuezhi

Yuezhi appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Tarim basin and Dzungaria (Central and North Asia) from c. 400 to 130 BCE, a span of 270 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Nomads of the Gansu corridor and the eastern Tarim who supplied jade to China. The Xiongnu defeated them around 176 BCE, and most moved west through the Ili valley to Bactria.

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Facts

Dates

c. 400 to 130 BCE

Duration

270 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Tarim basin and Dzungaria, Central and North Asia

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Became

• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE

Events in Central and North Asia during its time

• 327 BCE Alexander marries Roxana
• 138 BCE Zhang Qian travels west

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE
• Sogdiana c. 545 BCE to 722 CE
• Kingdom of Khotan c. 200 BCE to 1006 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
• Kangju c. 200 BCE to 450 CE
• Jushi kingdom c. 200 BCE to 450 CE
• Loulan (Shanshan) c. 176 BCE to 445 CE
• Wusun c. 160 BCE to 450 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
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• 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
• Western Han 202 BCE to 9 CE, East Asia
• 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

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