Luwians

Luwians appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Anatolia (Middle East) from c. 2000 to 700 BCE, a span of 1,300 years. Its people spoke Anatolian languages (Hittite, Luwian, Lydian, Lycian).

Speakers of Luwian spread across western and southern Anatolia. Their hieroglyphic script outlived the Hittite Empire and was carved on the monuments of the Syro-Hittite kings.

See Luwians on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 2000 to 700 BCE
Duration: 1,300 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Anatolia, Middle East
Language family: Anatolian

Events in Middle East during its time

1754 BCE Code of Hammurabi
1595 BCE Hittites sack Babylon
1274 BCE Battle of Kadesh
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
Old Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE
Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE
Ebla c. 3000 to 1600 BCE
Kingdom of Saba c. 1000 BCE to 275 CE
Old Elamite period c. 2700 to 1500 BCE
Mari c. 2900 to 1761 BCE
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

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
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 Luwians exist?

c. 2000 to 700 BCE, about 1,300 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Luwians?

Anatolia, in Middle East.

What language did Luwians speak?

Anatolian. This family includes Hittite, Luwian, Lydian, Lycian.