Lake Chad fishers and herders

Lake Chad fishers and herders appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Lake Chad basin (North and West Africa) from c. 3200 to 1800 BCE, a span of more than 1,400 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Fishers, hunters and herders around the shores of a far larger Lake Chad, which shrank as the Sahara dried after 3500 BCE.

See Lake Chad fishers and herders on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 3200 to 1800 BCE
Duration: more than 1,400 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

3100 BCE Unification of Egypt
2560 BCE Great Pyramid of Giza

Neighbours in North and West Africa

Old Kingdom of Egypt c. 2686 to 2181 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
First Intermediate Period c. 2181 to 2055 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
Old Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE, Middle East
Akkadian Empire c. 2334 to 2154 BCE, Middle East

Questions

When did Lake Chad fishers and herders exist?

c. 3200 to 1800 BCE, about more than 1,400 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Lake Chad fishers and herders?

Lake Chad basin, in North and West Africa.

What language did Lake Chad fishers and herders speak?

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