Greater Nicoya cultures

Greater Nicoya cultures appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Lower Central America (Mesoamerica and Caribbean) from c. 500 BCE to 1522 CE, a span of 2,021 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Farming chiefdoms of Guanacaste and Pacific Nicaragua known for jade pendants and polychrome pottery. From about 800 CE Chorotega and later Nicarao migrants from Mexico settled the region.

See Greater Nicoya cultures on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates: c. 500 BCE to 1522 CE
Duration: 2,021 years
Type: People or culture
Region: Lower Central America, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
Language family: Unknown or undeciphered

Events in Mesoamerica and Caribbean during its time

500 BCE Monte Albán founded
32 BCE Early Long Count date at Tres Zapotes
200 Pyramid of the Sun completed
378 Teotihuacan intervenes at Tikal
695 Tikal defeats Calakmul
850 Classic Maya collapse
1325 Tenochtitlan founded
1428 Triple Alliance formed

Neighbours in Mesoamerica and Caribbean

Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE
New Spain 1521 to 1821 CE
Aztec Empire (Triple Alliance) 1428 to 1521 CE
Zapotec state (Monte Albán) c. 500 BCE to 850 CE
Tikal (Mutal) c. 90 to 900 CE
El Mirador c. 600 BCE to 150 CE
Mixtec kingdoms c. 900 to 1522 CE
Kaan kingdom (Calakmul) c. 400 to 900 CE
Chichen Itza c. 750 to 1200 CE
Spanish Cuba 1511 to 1898 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America

Questions

When did Greater Nicoya cultures exist?

c. 500 BCE to 1522 CE, about 2,021 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.

Where was Greater Nicoya cultures?

Lower Central America, in Mesoamerica and Caribbean.

What language did Greater Nicoya cultures speak?

Unknown or undeciphered. This family includes Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages.