4,523 years, counted by the record.
Each tradition is placed in the century of its earliest attestation: an inscription, a text, a traveller’s note. Not when it began; when someone first wrote it down.
150 dated57 undated6 centuries
Dated entries per centuryBar = share of the largest
225th century BCE
110th century BCE
16th century BCE
35th century BCE
13rd century BCE
16th century
25th century BCE
2 traditions first attested in this range, according to the sources cited on each page.2 entries · 2 with a room here
10th century BCE
1 tradition first attested in this range, according to the sources cited on each page.1 entries · 1 with a room here
6th century BCE
1 tradition first attested in this range, according to the sources cited on each page.1 entries · 1 with a room here
5th century BCE
3 traditions first attested in this range, according to the sources cited on each page.3 entries · 3 with a room here
3rd century BCE
1 tradition first attested in this range, according to the sources cited on each page.1 entries · 1 with a room here
6th century
1 tradition first attested in this range, according to the sources cited on each page.1 entries · 1 with a room here
57 traditions have no date on record and are not on this page. That is a gap in the sources, not in the traditions. Know one? Point at it →