Iranian-speaking pastoralists

Iranian-speaking pastoralists appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Iran (Middle East) from c. 1200 to 700 BCE, a span of 500 years. Its people spoke Iranian languages (Median, Persian, Parthian, Scythian, Sogdian, Pashto, Kurdish).

Herding tribes speaking Iranian languages spread across the plateau and appear in Assyrian records as Medes and Persians from the 9th century BCE.

See Iranian-speaking pastoralists on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 1200 to 700 BCE
Duration: 500 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Iran, Middle East
Language family: Iranian

Became

Median kingdom c. 678 to 550 BCE

Events in Middle East during its time

1177 BCE Late Bronze Age collapse
1050 BCE Phoenician alphabet
853 BCE Battle of Qarqar
722 BCE Assyria conquers Samaria

Neighbours in Middle East

Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE
Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE
Kingdom of Saba c. 1000 BCE to 275 CE
Greek cities of Asia Minor c. 1050 to 129 BCE
Phoenician city-states c. 1200 to 332 BCE
Middle Assyrian Empire 1365 to 912 BCE
Kassite Babylonia c. 1595 to 1155 BCE
Middle Elamite period c. 1500 to 1100 BCE
Kingdom of Judah c. 930 to 587 BCE
Urartu c. 860 to 590 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa
Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE, Europe

Questions

When did Iranian-speaking pastoralists exist?

c. 1200 to 700 BCE, about 500 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Iranian-speaking pastoralists?

Iran, in Middle East.

What language did Iranian-speaking pastoralists speak?

Iranian. This family includes Median, Persian, Parthian, Scythian, Sogdian, Pashto, Kurdish.

What came after Iranian-speaking pastoralists?

Median kingdom.