Great Lakes hunter-gatherers

Great Lakes hunter-gatherers appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Great Lakes (Central and Southern Africa) from c. 3200 BCE to 500 CE, a span of more than 3,700 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Foragers fished the lakes and hunted the highlands of the Great Lakes region. Their descendants include the Batwa of Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda, pushed into forest margins as farmers cleared the land.

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Facts

Dates

c. 3200 BCE to 500 CE

Duration

more than 3,700 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Great Lakes, Central and Southern Africa

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Events in Central and Southern Africa during its time

• 1000 BCE Bantu farmers reach the Great Lakes
• 500 BCE Iron smelting in the Great Lakes
• 50 The Periplus describes Azania

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia

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