Pastoral Neolithic herders

Pastoral Neolithic herders appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Swahili Coast and East Africa (Central and Southern Africa) from c. 3000 BCE to 700 CE, a span of 3,699 years. Its people spoke Cushitic languages (Somali, Oromo, Beja, Afar).

Cattle, sheep and goat herders moved south from the Turkana basin, where they built pillar sites around 3000 BCE, into the Rift Valley highlands. They probably spoke Southern Cushitic and later Nilotic languages.

See Pastoral Neolithic herders on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 3000 BCE to 700 CE
Duration: 3,699 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Swahili Coast and East Africa, Central and Southern Africa
Language family: Cushitic

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
Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, 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
Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
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

Questions

When did Pastoral Neolithic herders exist?

c. 3000 BCE to 700 CE, about 3,699 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Pastoral Neolithic herders?

Swahili Coast and East Africa, in Central and Southern Africa.

What language did Pastoral Neolithic herders speak?

Cushitic. This family includes Somali, Oromo, Beja, Afar.