Nairi tribes

Nairi tribes appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Caucasus (Middle East) from c. 1200 to 860 BCE, a span of 340 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Assyrian name for a loose league of tribes around Lake Van that Tiglath-Pileser I campaigned against. They coalesced into the kingdom of Urartu in the 9th century BCE.

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Facts

Dates: c. 1200 to 860 BCE
Duration: 340 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Caucasus, Middle East
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Became

Urartu c. 860 to 590 BCE

Events in Middle East during its time

1177 BCE Late Bronze Age collapse
1050 BCE Phoenician alphabet

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

Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa

Questions

When did Nairi tribes exist?

c. 1200 to 860 BCE, about 340 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Nairi tribes?

Caucasus, in Middle East.

What language did Nairi tribes speak?

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

What came after Nairi tribes?

Urartu.