Aramaic-speaking Mesopotamians

Aramaic-speaking Mesopotamians appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Mesopotamia (Middle East) from c. 1100 BCE to 700 CE, a span of 1,799 years. Its people spoke Semitic languages (Akkadian, Amorite, Aramaic, Hebrew, Phoenician, Ge'ez, Amharic, Tigrinya).

Aramean tribes settled across Mesopotamia after 1100 BCE, and Aramaic replaced Akkadian as the everyday speech of the region. It remained the main language until Arabic spread after the Islamic conquest.

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Facts

Dates

c. 1100 BCE to 700 CE

Duration

1,799 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Mesopotamia, Middle East

Language family

Semitic

Events in Middle East during its time

• 1050 BCE Phoenician alphabet
• 853 BCE Battle of Qarqar
• 722 BCE Assyria conquers Samaria
• 612 BCE Fall of Nineveh
• 587 BCE Destruction of Jerusalem
• 539 BCE Cyrus takes Babylon
• 331 BCE Battle of Gaugamela
• 53 BCE Battle of Carrhae

Neighbours in Middle East

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE
• Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE
• Achaemenid Empire 550 to 330 BCE
• Umayyad Caliphate 661 to 750 CE
• Rashidun Caliphate 632 to 661 CE
• Empire of Alexander the Great 334 to 312 BCE
• Kingdom of Saba c. 1000 BCE to 275 CE
• Greek cities of Asia Minor c. 1050 to 129 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• 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
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia

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