Neolithic peoples of the Maghreb

Neolithic peoples of the Maghreb appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Maghreb (North and West Africa) from c. 3200 to 1400 BCE, a span of more than 1,800 years. The language of its people is unknown or undeciphered.

Neolithic communities of the Maghreb, descended mainly from Iberomaurusian and Capsian foragers, with farmer ancestry that may have come from Iberia between 5000 and 3000 BCE. Proto-Berber tribes later formed from these communities.

See Neolithic peoples of the Maghreb on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 3200 to 1400 BCE
Duration: more than 1,800 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Maghreb, North and West Africa
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Sources

The dates and description above were checked against Wikipedia: Prehistoric North Africa.

Became

Amazigh (Berber) tribes c. 1400 BCE to the present

Events in North and West Africa during its time

3100 BCE Unification of Egypt
2600 BCE Great Pyramid of Giza
1470 BCE Hatshepsut's expedition to Punt

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
Egyptian Nubia (Viceroyalty of Kush) c. 1500 to 1070 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

Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
Old Babylonian Empire c. 1894 to 1595 BCE, Middle East
Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1190 BCE, Middle East
Akkadian Empire c. 2334 to 2154 BCE, Middle East

Questions

When did Neolithic peoples of the Maghreb exist?

c. 3200 to 1400 BCE, more than 1,800 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Neolithic peoples of the Maghreb?

Maghreb, in North and West Africa.

What language did the people of Neolithic peoples of the Maghreb speak?

It is unknown. No readable writing records it, so any link to a known language family is a hypothesis.

What came after Neolithic peoples of the Maghreb?

Amazigh (Berber) tribes.