Chiripa culture

Chiripa culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Central Andean Highlands (South America) from c. 1500 to 100 BCE, a span of 1,400 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Farming villages on the southern shore of Lake Titicaca that built sunken stone courts and terraced platforms, the earliest temple tradition of the basin.

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Facts

Dates

c. 1500 to 100 BCE

Duration

1,400 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Central Andean Highlands, South America

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Events in South America during its time

• 900 BCE Chavín de Huántar becomes a pilgrimage center

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE, Europe
• New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE, Europe
• Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE, Middle East
• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE, Central and North Asia

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