Wadi Suq culture

Wadi Suq culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Arabia (Middle East) from c. 2000 to 1300 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 Oman and the UAE with smaller settlements and long collective tombs, as the copper trade with Mesopotamia declined.

See Wadi Suq culture on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 2000 to 1300 BCE
Duration: 700 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Arabia, Middle East
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Came from

Umm an-Nar culture c. 2600 to 2000 BCE

Events in Middle East during its time

1754 BCE Code of Hammurabi
1595 BCE Hittites sack Babylon

Neighbours in Middle East

Old Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE
Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE
Ebla c. 3000 to 1600 BCE
Old Elamite period c. 2700 to 1500 BCE
Mari c. 2900 to 1761 BCE
Middle Assyrian Empire 1365 to 912 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

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
New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa

Questions

When did Wadi Suq culture exist?

c. 2000 to 1300 BCE, about 700 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Wadi Suq culture?

Arabia, in Middle East.

What language did Wadi Suq culture speak?

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

What came before Wadi Suq culture?

Umm an-Nar culture.