Woodland period cultures

Woodland period cultures appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Eastern Woodlands (North America) from c. 1000 BCE to 1000 CE, a span of 1,999 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Village peoples of the eastern forests who adopted pottery, burial mounds, the bow and arrow and, late in the period, maize. Adena and Hopewell were its most visible traditions.

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Facts

Dates

c. 1000 BCE to 1000 CE

Duration

1,999 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Eastern Woodlands, North America

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Became

• Mississippian culture c. 800 to 1600 CE

Events in North America during its time

• 100 Hopewell exchange network at its height
• 985 Erik the Red settles Greenland
• 1000 Norse reach Vinland

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
• 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
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa

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