Gajiganna culture

Gajiganna culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Lake Chad basin (North and West Africa) from c. 1800 to 800 BCE, a span of 1,000 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Cattle herders who settled the clay plains southwest of Lake Chad and took up pearl millet farming, living in villages on raised mounds.

See Gajiganna culture on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 1800 to 800 BCE
Duration: 1,000 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Lake Chad basin, North and West Africa
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Events in North and West Africa during its time

1470 BCE Hatshepsut's expedition to Punt
1346 BCE Akhenaten founds Amarna
814 BCE Founding of Carthage

Neighbours in North and West Africa

Carthage c. 814 to 146 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
D'mt c. 980 to 400 BCE
Egyptian Nubia (Viceroyalty of Kush) c. 1500 to 1070 BCE
Third Intermediate Period c. 1069 to 664 BCE
El-Kurru chiefdom c. 1000 to 785 BCE
Second Intermediate Period 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
Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE, Europe
Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE, Middle East
Old Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE, Middle East
Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE, Middle East

Questions

When did Gajiganna culture exist?

c. 1800 to 800 BCE, about 1,000 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Gajiganna culture?

Lake Chad basin, in North and West Africa.

What language did Gajiganna culture speak?

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