Marajoara culture

Marajoara culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Amazon and Guianas (South America) from c. 400 to 1400 CE, a span of 1,000 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Mound-building society of Marajó Island at the mouth of the Amazon, known for large painted burial urns. Its earth mounds, some 10 m high, kept houses above the seasonal floods.

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Facts

Dates

c. 400 to 1400 CE

Duration

1,000 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Amazon and Guianas, South America

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Events in South America during its time

• 600 Wari and Tiwanaku expand

Neighbours in South America

• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE
• Chimú kingdom (Chimor) c. 900 to 1470 CE
• Wari Empire c. 600 to 1000 CE
• Sicán (Lambayeque) c. 750 to 1375 CE
• Chincha kingdom c. 1000 to 1476 CE
• Aymara kingdoms (Colla, Lupaca) c. 1100 to 1450 CE
• Kingdom of Cusco c. 1200 to 1438 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
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean

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