Casas Grandes (Paquimé)
Casas Grandes (Paquimé) appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Northern Mexico (Mesoamerica and Caribbean) from c. 1200 to 1450 CE, a span of 250 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).
Adobe town in Chihuahua with multi-storey room blocks, ballcourts and pens for breeding scarlet macaws. It traded copper bells, shell and feathers across the Southwest before it was burned.
See Casas Grandes (Paquimé) on the interactive timeline
Facts
- Dates
- c. 1200 to 1450 CE
- Duration
- 250 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- Northern Mexico, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
- Language family
- Unknown or undeciphered
Events in Mesoamerica and Caribbean during its time
- Tenochtitlan founded
- Triple Alliance formed
Neighbours in Mesoamerica and Caribbean
- Aztec Empire (Triple Alliance)
- Mixtec kingdoms
- Chichen Itza
- K'iche' kingdom
- Mayapan
- Tarascan state
- Cholula
- Zapotec city-states (Zaachila, Mitla)
- El Tajín (Classic Veracruz)
- Totonac (Cempoala)
Elsewhere in the world at the same time
- Republic of Venice
- Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Swahili city-states
- Ghana Empire (Wagadu)
- Holy Roman Empire
- Srivijaya
- Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty)
- Khmer Empire
- Ottoman Empire
Questions
When did Casas Grandes (Paquimé) exist?
c. 1200 to 1450 CE, about 250 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.
Where was Casas Grandes (Paquimé)?
Northern Mexico, in Mesoamerica and Caribbean.
What language did Casas Grandes (Paquimé) speak?
Unknown or undeciphered. This family includes Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages.