Jomon culture

Jomon culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Japan (East Asia) from c. 3200 to 300 BCE, a span of more than 2,900 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Hunter-gatherers of the Japanese islands who made cord-marked pottery for over ten thousand years and lived in large villages such as Sannai-Maruyama. Their flame-rimmed vessels and clay dogu figures date from the middle period.

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Facts

Dates

c. 3200 to 300 BCE

Duration

more than 2,900 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Japan, East Asia

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Became

• Yayoi period c. 300 BCE to 250 CE
• Epi-Jomon culture c. 300 BCE to 700 CE

Events in East Asia during its time

• 3100 BCE Liangzhu builds flood dams
• 1250 BCE Oracle bone writing at Anyang
• 1046 BCE Battle of Muye
• 551 BCE Birth of Confucius

Neighbours in East Asia

• Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE
• Chu c. 1030 to 223 BCE
• Gojoseon c. 700 to 108 BCE
• Qin (Zhou state) c. 770 to 221 BCE
• Eastern Zhou 770 to 256 BCE
• Western Zhou 1046 to 771 BCE
• Zhangzhung c. 500 BCE to 644 CE
• Shu kingdom (Jinsha) c. 1150 to 316 BCE
• Qi c. 1046 to 221 BCE
• Yan c. 1046 to 222 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Old Kingdom of Egypt c. 2686 to 2181 BCE, North and West Africa
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
• New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa
• Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE, Europe
• Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE, Middle East
• Old Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE, Middle East
• Ptolemaic Kingdom 305 to 30 BCE, North and West Africa
• Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE, Middle East

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