Early Bronze Age Anatolian towns

Early Bronze Age Anatolian towns appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Anatolia (Middle East) from c. 3200 to 2000 BCE, a span of more than 1,200 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Walled farming towns such as Troy, Beycesultan and Alaca Höyük, whose royal tombs show a metalworking elite trading copper and tin long before any written records.

See Early Bronze Age Anatolian towns on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 3200 to 2000 BCE
Duration: more than 1,200 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Anatolia, Middle East
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Events in Middle East during its time

3200 BCE Writing invented at Uruk
2334 BCE Sargon founds the Akkadian Empire
2004 BCE Elamites sack Ur

Neighbours in Middle East

Akkadian Empire c. 2334 to 2154 BCE
Ebla c. 3000 to 1600 BCE
Old Elamite period c. 2700 to 1500 BCE
Mari c. 2900 to 1761 BCE
Third Dynasty of Ur 2112 to 2004 BCE
Dilmun c. 2800 to 544 BCE
Troy c. 3000 to 1180 BCE
Byblos c. 2800 to 1200 BCE
Qatna c. 2000 to 1340 BCE
Old Assyrian city-state c. 2025 to 1365 BCE

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

Questions

When did Early Bronze Age Anatolian towns exist?

c. 3200 to 2000 BCE, about more than 1,200 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Early Bronze Age Anatolian towns?

Anatolia, in Middle East.

What language did Early Bronze Age Anatolian towns speak?

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