Quimbaya culture

Quimbaya culture appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Northern Andes (South America) from c. 1 to 1550 CE, a span of 1,549 years. Its people spoke Unknown or undeciphered languages (Indus, Minoan, Moche, Nazca, Chavin, Jomon and other unattested languages).

Chiefdoms of the middle Cauca valley known for cast gold figures. The Quimbaya Treasure, found in 1890, was given by Colombia to Spain in 1893 and is now in Madrid.

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Facts

Dates

c. 1 to 1550 CE

Duration

1,549 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Northern Andes, South America

Language family

Unknown or undeciphered

Events in South America during its time

• 100 Nazca Lines drawn
• 600 Wari and Tiwanaku expand
• 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

Neighbours in South America

• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE
• 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
• Sicán (Lambayeque) c. 750 to 1375 CE
• Chincha kingdom c. 1000 to 1476 CE
• Aymara kingdoms (Colla, Lupaca) c. 1100 to 1450 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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