Upper Xiajiadian culture

Upper Xiajiadian culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Manchuria (East Asia) from c. 1000 to 600 BCE, a span of 400 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Bronze-using herders and farmers of the western Liao valley whose graves hold bronze daggers, horse gear and helmets, often linked to the Shanrong or Donghu of Chinese texts.

See Upper Xiajiadian culture on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 1000 to 600 BCE
Duration: 400 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Manchuria, East Asia
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Neighbours in East Asia

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
Shu kingdom (Jinsha) c. 1150 to 316 BCE
Qi c. 1046 to 221 BCE
Yan c. 1046 to 222 BCE
Lu c. 1042 to 249 BCE
Jin (Zhou state) c. 1033 to 376 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE, Europe
Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE, Middle East

Questions

When did Upper Xiajiadian culture exist?

c. 1000 to 600 BCE, about 400 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Upper Xiajiadian culture?

Manchuria, in East Asia.

What language did Upper Xiajiadian culture speak?

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