Satsumon culture

Satsumon culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Japan (East Asia) from c. 700 to 1200 CE, a span of 500 years. Its people spoke Isolates and ancient languages (Sumerian, Elamite, Hurrian, Urartian, Hattic, Kassite, Etruscan, Basque, Ainu).

Farmers, fishers and hunters of Hokkaido who used iron tools traded from Honshu and pottery scratched with brushed patterns. They developed into the Ainu culture.

See Satsumon culture on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

c. 700 to 1200 CE

Duration

500 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Japan, East Asia

Language family

Isolates and ancient

Came from

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

Became

• Ainu c. 1200 CE to the present

Events in East Asia during its time

• 755 An Lushan rebellion
• 868 Diamond Sutra printed
• 1044 Gunpowder formula recorded
• 1185 Battle of Dan-no-ura

Neighbours in East Asia

• Tang dynasty 618 to 907 CE
• Northern Song 960 to 1127 CE
• Goryeo 918 to 1392 CE
• Heian period 794 to 1185 CE
• Unified Silla 668 to 935 CE
• Balhae 698 to 926 CE
• Tibetan Empire 618 to 842 CE
• Liao dynasty 916 to 1125 CE
• Western Xia 1038 to 1227 CE
• Asuka period 538 to 710 CE

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
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• 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
• Khmer Empire 802 to 1431 CE, Southeast Asia

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