Numic peoples (Shoshone, Paiute, Ute)
Numic peoples (Shoshone, Paiute, Ute) appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Southwest and Great Basin (North America) from c. 1000 CE to the present, a span of 1,025 years. Its people spoke Uto-Aztecan languages (Nahuatl, Hopi, Comanche, Shoshone).
Uto-Aztecan speakers who spread across the Great Basin around 1000 CE. Their Shoshone branch gave rise to the Comanche, and the Ute traded and fought with Spanish New Mexico.
See Numic peoples (Shoshone, Paiute, Ute) on the interactive timeline
Facts
- Dates
- c. 1000 CE to the present
- Duration
- 1,025 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- Southwest and Great Basin, North America
- Language family
- Uto-Aztecan
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
- United States
- New France
- Thirteen Colonies
- Norse Greenland
- Rupert's Land (Hudson's Bay Company)
- Comanche empire (Comancheria)
- Dominion of Canada
- British North America
- French Louisiana
- Russian America
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 Numic peoples (Shoshone, Paiute, Ute) exist?
c. 1000 CE to the present, about 1,025 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.
Where was Numic peoples (Shoshone, Paiute, Ute)?
Southwest and Great Basin, in North America.
What language did Numic peoples (Shoshone, Paiute, Ute) speak?
Uto-Aztecan. This family includes Nahuatl, Hopi, Comanche, Shoshone.