Ethiopian highland farmers

Ethiopian highland farmers appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Horn of Africa (North and West Africa) from c. 3000 to 980 BCE, a span of 2,020 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Farming communities of the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands who domesticated teff, finger millet and ensete, crops still central to the region's diet.

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Facts

Dates

c. 3000 to 980 BCE

Duration

2,020 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Horn of Africa, North and West Africa

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Became

• D'mt c. 980 to 400 BCE

Events in North and West Africa during its time

• 2560 BCE Great Pyramid of Giza
• 1470 BCE Hatshepsut's expedition to Punt
• 1346 BCE Akhenaten founds Amarna

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
• Early Dynastic Egypt c. 3100 to 2686 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

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
• Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE, Middle East
• Akkadian Empire c. 2334 to 2154 BCE, Middle East

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