Uncontacted contemporaries · 473 overlapping years

Egyptian New Kingdom Jomon Culture

For 473 years — from 1,550 BCE to 1,077 BCE — both civilizations existed simultaneously. Neither this dataset nor the historical record shows any documented trade, war, or diplomatic contact between them.

14,000 BCE 300 BCE

Egyptian New Kingdom

1,550 BCE–1,077 BCE

Jomon Culture

14,000 BCE–300 BCE

↑ Overlap begins, 1,550 BCE

Egyptian New Kingdom

Nile Valley and Levant

Egypt's wealthiest and most militarily expansive era, including the reigns of Hatshepsut and Ramesses II.

Jomon Culture

Japanese archipelago

A remarkably long-lived hunter-gatherer culture in Japan, notable for producing some of the world's earliest pottery long before agriculture took hold.

Traits both developed independently

With no documented contact, any shared trait below represents independent development rather than transmission from one to the other.

Long-distance trade Seafaring

Egyptian New Kingdom only

Monumental architecture
Bronze metallurgy
Irrigation agriculture
Standing army
Astronomical record-keeping
Urban planning

Jomon Culture only

No traits unique to Jomon Culture in this comparison.