Qujialing and Shijiahe cultures

Qujialing and Shijiahe cultures appears on the timeline as a people or culture of South China and Taiwan (East Asia) from c. 3200 to 2000 BCE, a span of more than 1,200 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Rice-growing societies of the middle Yangtze around Lake Dongting, whose walled town at Shijiahe covered over a square kilometer and held thousands of small clay figurines.

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Facts

Dates: c. 3200 to 2000 BCE
Duration: more than 1,200 years
Type: People or culture
Region: South China and Taiwan, East Asia
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Events in East Asia during its time

3100 BCE Liangzhu builds flood dams

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
Old Kingdom of Egypt c. 2686 to 2181 BCE, North and West Africa
Akkadian Empire c. 2334 to 2154 BCE, Middle East

Questions

When did Qujialing and Shijiahe cultures exist?

c. 3200 to 2000 BCE, about more than 1,200 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Qujialing and Shijiahe cultures?

South China and Taiwan, in East Asia.

What language did Qujialing and Shijiahe cultures speak?

Unknown or undeciphered. This family includes Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages.