Baiyue peoples

Baiyue peoples appears on the timeline as a people or culture of South China and Taiwan (East Asia) from c. 1000 BCE to 200 CE, a span of 1,199 years. Its people spoke Kra-Dai languages (Thai, Lao, Shan, Zhuang).

The Hundred Yue of Chinese records, farmers and seafarers of the southeast coast who tattooed their bodies and cut their hair short. Most probably spoke Kra-Dai or Austroasiatic languages before Han conquest and settlement.

See Baiyue peoples on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 1000 BCE to 200 CE
Duration: 1,199 years
Type: People or culture
Region: South China and Taiwan, East Asia
Language family: Kra-Dai

Events in East Asia during its time

551 BCE Birth of Confucius
221 BCE Qin unifies China
210 BCE First Emperor buried with the Terracotta Army
105 Cai Lun presents paper
184 Yellow Turban rebellion

Neighbours in East Asia

Western Han 202 BCE to 9 CE
Eastern Han 25 to 220 CE
Qin dynasty 221 to 206 BCE
Chu c. 1030 to 223 BCE
Silla 57 BCE to 668 CE
Goguryeo 37 BCE to 668 CE
Baekje 18 BCE to 660 CE
Gojoseon c. 700 to 108 BCE
Qin (Zhou state) c. 770 to 221 BCE
Eastern Zhou 770 to 256 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
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
Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE, Europe
Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE, South Asia
Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE, Middle East

Questions

When did Baiyue peoples exist?

c. 1000 BCE to 200 CE, about 1,199 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Baiyue peoples?

South China and Taiwan, in East Asia.

What language did Baiyue peoples speak?

Kra-Dai. This family includes Thai, Lao, Shan, Zhuang.