Plains Village tradition

Plains Village tradition appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Great Plains (North America) from c. 900 to 1500 CE, a span of 600 years. Its people spoke North American families languages (Algonquian, Iroquoian, Siouan, Muskogean, Na-Dene, Caddoan, Salishan).

Farmers who settled in earth-lodge villages along the Missouri and its tributaries, growing maize and hunting bison. The Middle Missouri and Central Plains traditions led to the Mandan and Pawnee.

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Facts

Dates

c. 900 to 1500 CE

Duration

600 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Great Plains, North America

Language family

North American families

Became

• Mandan and Hidatsa villages c. 1300 to 1837 CE

Events in North America during its time

• 985 Erik the Red settles Greenland
• 1000 Norse reach Vinland
• 1050 Cahokia grows into a city
• 1276 The Great Drought
• 1497 John Cabot reaches Newfoundland

Neighbours in North America

• Norse Greenland c. 985 to 1450 CE
• Vinland (L'Anse aux Meadows) c. 1000 to 1020 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
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• 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
• Khmer Empire 802 to 1431 CE, Southeast Asia

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