Guayabo de Turrialba

Guayabo de Turrialba appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Lower Central America (Mesoamerica and Caribbean) from c. 1000 BCE to 1400 CE, a span of 2,399 years. Its people spoke Chibchan languages (Muisca, Tairona, Kuna).

Chiefdom center on the slopes of the Turrialba volcano in Costa Rica with stone causeways, mound platforms and aqueducts that still carry water. It was abandoned before the Spanish arrived.

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Facts

Dates

c. 1000 BCE to 1400 CE

Duration

2,399 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Lower Central America, Mesoamerica and Caribbean

Language family

Chibchan

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

Neighbours in Mesoamerica and Caribbean

• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 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
• K'iche' kingdom c. 1225 to 1524 CE
• Toltec state (Tula) c. 900 to 1150 CE
• Mayapan c. 1220 to 1441 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

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