Zapotec, Mixtec and Mixe peoples
Zapotec, Mixtec and Mixe peoples appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Gulf Coast and Oaxaca (Mesoamerica and Caribbean) from c. 1521 CE to the present, a span of 504 years. Its people spoke Oto-Manguean languages (Zapotec, Mixtec, Otomi).
Indigenous communities of Oaxaca who kept their languages and village lands through Spanish rule. The Zapotec Benito Juárez became Mexico's president in 1858.
See Zapotec, Mixtec and Mixe peoples on the interactive timeline
Facts
- Dates
- c. 1521 CE to the present
- Duration
- 504 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- Gulf Coast and Oaxaca, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
- Language family
- Oto-Manguean
Events in Mesoamerica and Caribbean during its time
- Fall of Tenochtitlan
- Cocoliztli epidemic
- Fall of Nojpetén
- Haitian Revolution begins
- Grito de Dolores
- Caste War of Yucatán begins
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- Mexican Revolution
Neighbours in Mesoamerica and Caribbean
- New Spain
- Haiti
- Aztec Empire (Triple Alliance)
- Mixtec kingdoms
- Spanish Cuba
- British West Indies
- Captaincy General of Santo Domingo
- Colony of Jamaica
- K'iche' kingdom
- Captaincy General of Guatemala
Elsewhere in the world at the same time
- Republic of Venice
- Swahili city-states
- Holy Roman Empire
- Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty)
- Ottoman Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Kingdom of Kongo
- Mali Empire
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
Questions
When did Zapotec, Mixtec and Mixe peoples exist?
c. 1521 CE to the present, about 504 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.
Where was Zapotec, Mixtec and Mixe peoples?
Gulf Coast and Oaxaca, in Mesoamerica and Caribbean.
What language did Zapotec, Mixtec and Mixe peoples speak?
Oto-Manguean. This family includes Zapotec, Mixtec, Otomi.