Fort Ancient culture
Fort Ancient culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Eastern Woodlands (North America) from c. 1000 to 1750 CE, a span of 750 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).
Maize farmers of the middle Ohio valley who lived in palisaded circular villages. Many scholars link them to the historic Shawnee.
See Fort Ancient culture on the interactive timeline
Facts
- Dates
- c. 1000 to 1750 CE
- Duration
- 750 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- Eastern Woodlands, North America
- Language family
- Unknown or undeciphered
Events in North America during its time
- Norse reach Vinland
- Cahokia grows into a city
- The Great Drought
- John Cabot reaches Newfoundland
- De Soto and Coronado expeditions
- Jamestown founded
- Champlain founds Quebec
- Pueblo Revolt
Neighbours in North America
- New France
- Thirteen Colonies
- Norse Greenland
- Rupert's Land (Hudson's Bay Company)
- Comanche empire (Comancheria)
- French Louisiana
- Vinland (L'Anse aux Meadows)
- Danish Greenland
- Spanish Florida
- Santa Fe de Nuevo México
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 Fort Ancient culture exist?
c. 1000 to 1750 CE, about 750 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.
Where was Fort Ancient culture?
Eastern Woodlands, in North America.
What language did Fort Ancient culture speak?
Unknown or undeciphered. This family includes Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages.