Tichitt culture

Tichitt culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Sahara and Sahel (North and West Africa) from c. 2200 to 400 BCE, a span of 1,800 years. Its people spoke Niger-Congo languages (Mande, Yoruba, Akan, Fula, Wolof, Igbo (non-Bantu)).

Stone-walled villages along the cliffs of Dhar Tichitt in Mauritania, where farmers grew pearl millet. Its people are thought to be ancestors of the Soninke who later founded Ghana.

See Tichitt culture on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

c. 2200 to 400 BCE

Duration

1,800 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Sahara and Sahel, North and West Africa

Language family

Niger-Congo

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
• 728 BCE Piye conquers Egypt
• 500 BCE Iron smelting in West Africa

Neighbours in North and West Africa

• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE
• 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
• Kingdom of Kush (Napatan period) c. 785 to 300 BCE
• Middle Kingdom of Egypt c. 2055 to 1650 BCE
• Land of Punt c. 2500 to 980 BCE
• Garamantes c. 500 BCE to 700 CE
• D'mt c. 980 to 400 BCE
• Cyrene and the Greek Pentapolis 631 to 96 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
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
• 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
• Achaemenid Empire 550 to 330 BCE, Middle East
• Athens 508 to 322 BCE, Europe
• Akkadian Empire c. 2334 to 2154 BCE, Middle East

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