Volga Finnic peoples

Volga Finnic peoples appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Russia and the Steppe (Europe) from c. 1800 BCE to 1100 CE, a span of 2,899 years. Its people spoke Uralic languages (Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Sami, Samoyed).

Forest peoples of central Russia, makers of Textile Ware and Dyakovo pottery and ancestors of the Merya, Muroma, Mordvins and Mari. Slavic settlers absorbed the western groups into Rostov-Suzdal.

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Facts

Dates

c. 1800 BCE to 1100 CE

Duration

2,899 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Russia and the Steppe, Europe

Language family

Uralic

Events in Europe during its time

• 1600 BCE Thera eruption
• 1200 BCE Late Bronze Age collapse
• 776 BCE First Olympic Games
• 753 BCE Traditional founding of Rome
• 508 BCE Athenian democracy
• 480 BCE Battle of Salamis
• 334 BCE Alexander invades Persia
• 218 BCE Hannibal crosses the Alps

Neighbours in Europe

• Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE
• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE
• Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE
• Kievan Rus 882 to 1240 CE
• Athens 508 to 322 BCE
• Hunnic Empire c. 370 to 469 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• 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
• 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
• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Khmer Empire 802 to 1431 CE, Southeast Asia
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America

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