Yukaghir peoples
Yukaghir peoples appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Eastern Siberia and the Far East (Central and North Asia) from c. 1000 BCE to the present, a span of 3,024 years. Its people spoke Isolates and ancient languages (Sumerian, Elamite, Hurrian, Urartian, Hattic, Kassite, Etruscan, Basque, Ainu).
Hunters of reindeer and elk who once held much of northeast Siberia between the Lena and the Anadyr. Evenki and Yakut expansion and Russian epidemics reduced them to a few small groups on the Kolyma.
See Yukaghir peoples on the interactive timeline
Facts
- Dates
- c. 1000 BCE to the present
- Duration
- 3,024 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- Eastern Siberia and the Far East, Central and North Asia
- Language family
- Isolates and ancient
Events in Central and North Asia during its time
- Cyrus the Great killed by the Massagetae
- Alexander marries Roxana
- Zhang Qian travels west
- Orkhon inscriptions raised
- Battle of Talas
- Uyghur khagan adopts Manichaeism
- Battle of Qatwan
- Temujin proclaimed Genghis Khan
Neighbours in Central and North Asia
- Xiongnu Empire
- Mongol Empire
- Timurid Empire
- Soviet Union
- First Turkic Khaganate
- Sogdiana
- Kingdom of Khotan
- Uyghur Kingdom of Qocho
- Kazakh Khanate
- Kara-Khanid Khanate
Elsewhere in the world at the same time
- Republic of Venice
- Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Swahili city-states
- Ghana Empire (Wagadu)
- Holy Roman Empire
- Kingdom of Aksum
- Srivijaya
- Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty)
- Moche (Mochica)
Questions
When did Yukaghir peoples exist?
c. 1000 BCE to the present, about 3,024 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.
Where was Yukaghir peoples?
Eastern Siberia and the Far East, in Central and North Asia.
What language did Yukaghir peoples speak?
Isolates and ancient. This family includes Sumerian, Elamite, Hurrian, Urartian, Hattic, Kassite, Etruscan, Basque, Ainu.