Mapuche
Mapuche appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Southern Cone (South America) from c. 1000 CE to the present, a span of 1,025 years. Its people spoke Isolates and ancient languages (Sumerian, Elamite, Hurrian, Urartian, Hattic, Kassite, Etruscan, Basque, Ainu).
Farmers and warriors of central and southern Chile who stopped the Inca at the Maule River and killed the conquistador Pedro de Valdivia in 1553. The Arauco War against Spain lasted nearly three centuries.
See Mapuche on the interactive timeline
Facts
- Dates
- c. 1000 CE to the present
- Duration
- 1,025 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- Southern Cone, South America
- Language family
- Isolates and ancient
Events in South America during its time
- Pachacuti defeats the Chanka
- Cabral lands in Brazil
- Pizarro captures Atahualpa at Cajamarca
- Orellana descends the Amazon
- Silver found at Potosí
- Execution of Tupac Amaru
- Battle of Curalaba
- Fall of Palmares
Neighbours in South America
- Tiwanaku
- Portuguese Brazil
- Viceroyalty of Peru
- Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu)
- Chimú kingdom (Chimor)
- Wari Empire
- Peru
- Colombia
- Argentina
- Brazil
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 Mapuche 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 Mapuche?
Southern Cone, in South America.
What language did Mapuche speak?
Isolates and ancient. This family includes Sumerian, Elamite, Hurrian, Urartian, Hattic, Kassite, Etruscan, Basque, Ainu.