Xiaoheyan culture

Xiaoheyan culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Manchuria (East Asia) from c. 3000 to 2200 BCE, a span of 800 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Successors of the Hongshan farmers in the Liao river basin, a little-studied culture of small villages known for painted pottery and polished stone tools.

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Facts

Dates: c. 3000 to 2200 BCE
Duration: 800 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Manchuria, East Asia
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

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 Xiaoheyan culture exist?

c. 3000 to 2200 BCE, about 800 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Xiaoheyan culture?

Manchuria, in East Asia.

What language did Xiaoheyan culture speak?

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