Epi-Jomon culture

Epi-Jomon culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Japan (East Asia) from c. 300 BCE to 700 CE, a span of 999 years. Its people spoke Isolates and ancient languages (Sumerian, Elamite, Hurrian, Urartian, Hattic, Kassite, Etruscan, Basque, Ainu).

Hunter-gatherers of Hokkaido and northern Tohoku who kept a Jomon way of life while rice farming spread to the south. They were probably ancestors of the Ainu.

See Epi-Jomon culture on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

c. 300 BCE to 700 CE

Duration

999 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Japan, East Asia

Language family

Isolates and ancient

Came from

• Jomon culture c. 3200 to 300 BCE

Became

• Satsumon culture c. 700 to 1200 CE

Events in East Asia during its time

• 221 BCE Qin unifies China
• 210 BCE First Emperor buried with the Terracotta Army
• 105 Cai Lun presents paper
• 184 Yellow Turban rebellion
• 372 Buddhism reaches Korea
• 609 Grand Canal completed
• 645 Taika reforms
• 668 Silla unifies Korea

Neighbours in East Asia

• Tang dynasty 618 to 907 CE
• 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

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
• 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
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America

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