Trialeti culture

Trialeti culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Caucasus (Middle East) from c. 2200 to 1500 BCE, a span of 700 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Middle Bronze Age culture of Georgia and Armenia, named for the Trialeti plateau. Its chiefs were buried in large kurgans with wagons and finely worked gold cups.

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Facts

Dates: c. 2200 to 1500 BCE
Duration: 700 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Caucasus, Middle East
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Came from

Kura-Araxes culture c. 3200 to 2200 BCE

Events in Middle East during its time

2004 BCE Elamites sack Ur
1754 BCE Code of Hammurabi
1595 BCE Hittites sack Babylon

Neighbours in Middle East

Old Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE
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
Kassite Babylonia c. 1595 to 1155 BCE
Middle Elamite period c. 1500 to 1100 BCE
Yamhad c. 1810 to 1517 BCE
Mitanni c. 1550 to 1260 BCE
Hittite Old Kingdom c. 1650 to 1400 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
Old Kingdom of Egypt c. 2686 to 2181 BCE, North and West Africa
New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa

Questions

When did Trialeti culture exist?

c. 2200 to 1500 BCE, about 700 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Trialeti culture?

Caucasus, in Middle East.

What language did Trialeti culture speak?

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

What came before Trialeti culture?

Kura-Araxes culture.