C-Group culture

C-Group culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Nubia and Sudan (North and West Africa) from c. 2400 to 1550 BCE, a span of 850 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Cattle-herding people of Lower Nubia who buried their dead under round stone tumuli. They lived under Middle Kingdom forts and were absorbed into Egyptian Nubia after 1550 BCE.

See C-Group culture on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 2400 to 1550 BCE
Duration: 850 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Nubia and Sudan, North and West Africa
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Neighbours in North and West Africa

Old Kingdom of Egypt c. 2686 to 2181 BCE
New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE
Kingdom of Kerma c. 2500 to 1500 BCE
Middle Kingdom of Egypt c. 2055 to 1650 BCE
Land of Punt c. 2500 to 980 BCE
First Intermediate Period c. 2181 to 2055 BCE
Second Intermediate Period c. 1650 to 1550 BCE
Hyksos (Fifteenth Dynasty) c. 1650 to 1550 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 Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE, Middle East
Akkadian Empire c. 2334 to 2154 BCE, Middle East

Questions

When did C-Group culture exist?

c. 2400 to 1550 BCE, about 850 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was C-Group culture?

Nubia and Sudan, in North and West Africa.

What language did C-Group culture speak?

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