Early Agricultural period farmers

Early Agricultural period farmers appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Southwest and Great Basin (North America) from c. 2100 BCE to 50 CE, a span of 2,149 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

The first maize growers of the Southwest, who dug irrigation canals in the Tucson Basin by about 1200 BCE. Sites such as Las Capas show early village life along the Santa Cruz River.

See Early Agricultural period farmers on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

c. 2100 BCE to 50 CE

Duration

2,149 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Southwest and Great Basin, North America

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Events in North America during its time

• 2100 BCE Maize reaches the Southwest
• 1600 BCE Poverty Point earthworks built

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
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
• New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE, Europe
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE, Europe
• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE, South Asia

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