Lucayan Taíno

Lucayan Taíno appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Caribbean (Mesoamerica and Caribbean) from c. 800 to 1520 CE, a span of 720 years. Its people spoke Arawakan languages (Taino, Arawak).

Taíno settlers of the Bahamas who met Columbus at Guanahani in October 1492. Spanish slavers carried off nearly all of them to Hispaniola's mines by 1520.

See Lucayan Taíno on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

c. 800 to 1520 CE

Duration

720 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Caribbean, Mesoamerica and Caribbean

Language family

Arawakan

Came from

• Ostionoid culture c. 600 to 1200 CE

Events in Mesoamerica and Caribbean during its time

• 850 Classic Maya collapse
• 1325 Tenochtitlan founded
• 1428 Triple Alliance formed
• 1492 Columbus reaches the Caribbean

Neighbours in Mesoamerica and Caribbean

• 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
• 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
• Captaincy General of Santo Domingo 1493 to 1821 CE
• K'iche' kingdom c. 1225 to 1524 CE
• Toltec state (Tula) c. 900 to 1150 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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