Island Caribs (Kalinago)
Island Caribs (Kalinago) appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Caribbean (Mesoamerica and Caribbean) from c. 1200 CE to the present, a span of 825 years. Its people spoke Cariban languages (Kalinago, Carib).
Seafaring people of the Lesser Antilles who resisted European colonisation on Dominica and St Vincent into the 1700s. A Kalinago Territory was set aside on Dominica in 1903.
See Island Caribs (Kalinago) on the interactive timeline
Facts
- Dates
- c. 1200 CE to the present
- Duration
- 825 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- Caribbean, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
- Language family
- Cariban
Events in Mesoamerica and Caribbean during its time
- Tenochtitlan founded
- Triple Alliance formed
- Columbus reaches the Caribbean
- Fall of Tenochtitlan
- Cocoliztli epidemic
- Fall of Nojpetén
- Haitian Revolution begins
- Grito de Dolores
Neighbours in Mesoamerica and Caribbean
- New Spain
- Haiti
- Aztec Empire (Triple Alliance)
- Mixtec kingdoms
- Chichen Itza
- Spanish Cuba
- British West Indies
- Captaincy General of Santo Domingo
- Colony of Jamaica
- K'iche' kingdom
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 Island Caribs (Kalinago) exist?
c. 1200 CE to the present, about 825 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.
Where was Island Caribs (Kalinago)?
Caribbean, in Mesoamerica and Caribbean.
What language did Island Caribs (Kalinago) speak?
Cariban. This family includes Kalinago, Carib.