Tupi-Guarani peoples

Tupi-Guarani peoples appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Brazil (South America) from c. 500 CE to the present, a span of 1,525 years. Its people spoke Tupian languages (Tupi, Guarani).

Tupian farmers who spread from the southern Amazon along the Atlantic coast. The Tupinambá met the Portuguese in 1500, and a Tupi-based lingua geral was the common tongue of colonial Brazil.

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Facts

Dates

c. 500 CE to the present

Duration

1,525 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Brazil, South America

Language family

Tupian

Events in South America during its time

• 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
• 1572 Execution of Tupac Amaru
• 1598 Battle of Curalaba

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
• Peru 1821 CE to the present
• Colombia 1831 CE to the present
• Argentina 1861 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
• 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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