Hafit culture

Hafit culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Arabia (Middle East) from c. 3200 to 2600 BCE, a span of more than 600 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Early Bronze Age culture of Oman and the UAE known for beehive-shaped stone tombs along the ridges. It began the copper mining that later supplied Mesopotamia.

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Facts

Dates: c. 3200 to 2600 BCE
Duration: more than 600 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Arabia, Middle East
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Became

Umm an-Nar culture c. 2600 to 2000 BCE

Events in Middle East during its time

3200 BCE Writing invented at Uruk

Neighbours in Middle East

Ebla c. 3000 to 1600 BCE
Old Elamite period c. 2700 to 1500 BCE
Mari c. 2900 to 1761 BCE
Dilmun c. 2800 to 544 BCE
Troy c. 3000 to 1180 BCE
Byblos c. 2800 to 1200 BCE
Uruk c. 2900 to 2270 BCE
Kish c. 2900 to 2334 BCE
Umma c. 2600 to 2334 BCE
Ur (First Dynasty) c. 2600 to 2340 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 Hafit culture exist?

c. 3200 to 2600 BCE, about more than 600 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Hafit culture?

Arabia, in Middle East.

What language did Hafit culture speak?

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

What came after Hafit culture?

Umm an-Nar culture.