Kura-Araxes culture

Kura-Araxes culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Caucasus (Middle East) from c. 3200 to 2200 BCE, a span of more than 1,000 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Highland farmers and herders of the South Caucasus with distinctive black burnished pottery. Their way of life spread from Transcaucasia into eastern Anatolia, western Iran and as far as the Levant.

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Facts

Dates: c. 3200 to 2200 BCE
Duration: more than 1,000 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Caucasus, Middle East
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Became

Trialeti culture c. 2200 to 1500 BCE

Events in Middle East during its time

3200 BCE Writing invented at Uruk
2334 BCE Sargon founds the Akkadian Empire

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
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
Lagash c. 2500 to 2110 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 Kura-Araxes culture exist?

c. 3200 to 2200 BCE, about more than 1,000 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Kura-Araxes culture?

Caucasus, in Middle East.

What language did Kura-Araxes culture speak?

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

What came after Kura-Araxes culture?

Trialeti culture.