Erligang culture
Erligang culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of North China (East Asia) from c. 1600 to 1400 BCE, a span of 200 years. The language of its people is unknown or undeciphered.
A Bronze Age urban culture in the Yellow River valley, named after a site in Zhengzhou where a wall about 7 km around was found. Many Chinese archaeologists call it early Shang, though other scholars note no written records link its sites to the traditional accounts.
See Erligang culture on the interactive timeline
Facts
- Dates
- c. 1600 to 1400 BCE
- Duration
- 200 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- North China, East Asia
- Language family
- Unknown or undeciphered
Sources
The dates and description above were checked against Wikipedia: Erligang culture.
Neighbours in East Asia
Elsewhere in the world at the same time
Questions
When did Erligang culture exist?
c. 1600 to 1400 BCE, about 200 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.
Where was Erligang culture?
North China, in East Asia.
What language did the people of Erligang culture speak?
It is unknown. No readable writing records it, so any link to a known language family is a hypothesis.