Carib peoples of the Guianas

Carib peoples of the Guianas appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Amazon and Guianas (South America) from c. 1000 CE to the present, a span of 1,025 years. Its people spoke Cariban languages (Kalinago, Carib).

Cariban speakers such as the Kalina, Wayana and Makuxi of the Guianas and the northern Amazon. Europeans named the Caribbean Sea after them.

See Carib peoples of the Guianas on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

c. 1000 CE to the present

Duration

1,025 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Amazon and Guianas, South America

Language family

Cariban

Events in South America during its time

• 1438 Pachacuti defeats the Chanka
• 1500 Cabral lands in Brazil
• 1532 Pizarro captures Atahualpa at Cajamarca
• 1542 Orellana descends the Amazon
• 1545 Silver found at Potosí
• 1572 Execution of Tupac Amaru
• 1598 Battle of Curalaba
• 1694 Fall of Palmares

Neighbours in South America

• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE
• Portuguese Brazil 1500 to 1815 CE
• Viceroyalty of Peru 1542 to 1824 CE
• Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu) 1438 to 1533 CE
• Chimú kingdom (Chimor) c. 900 to 1470 CE
• Wari Empire c. 600 to 1000 CE
• Peru 1821 CE to the present
• Colombia 1831 CE to the present
• Argentina 1861 CE to the present
• Brazil 1889 CE to the present

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
• 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
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe

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