Upper Xingu garden cities
Upper Xingu garden cities appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Brazil (South America) from c. 1250 to 1650 CE, a span of 400 years. Its people spoke Cariban languages (Kalinago, Carib).
Clusters of ditched towns linked by wide straight roads in the forests of Mato Grosso, built by ancestors of the Kuikuro. European diseases emptied them after 1500.
See Upper Xingu garden cities on the interactive timeline
Facts
- Dates
- c. 1250 to 1650 CE
- Duration
- 400 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- Brazil, South America
- Language family
- Cariban
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
Neighbours in South America
- Portuguese Brazil
- Viceroyalty of Peru
- Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu)
- Chimú kingdom (Chimor)
- Sicán (Lambayeque)
- Chincha kingdom
- Aymara kingdoms (Colla, Lupaca)
- Captaincy General of Chile
- Charcas (Upper Peru)
- Real Audiencia of Quito
Elsewhere in the world at the same time
- Republic of Venice
- Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Swahili city-states
- Holy Roman Empire
- Srivijaya
- Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty)
- Khmer Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Ottoman Empire
Questions
When did Upper Xingu garden cities exist?
c. 1250 to 1650 CE, about 400 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.
Where was Upper Xingu garden cities?
Brazil, in South America.
What language did Upper Xingu garden cities speak?
Cariban. This family includes Kalinago, Carib.