Austronesian peoples

Austronesian peoples appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Borneo and the Philippines (Southeast Asia) from c. 2200 BCE to 900 CE, a span of 3,099 years. Its people spoke Austronesian languages (Malay, Javanese, Cham, Tagalog, Malagasy, Polynesian, Maori).

Rice and millet farmers from Taiwan crossed to northern Luzon around 2200 BCE with red-slipped pottery. Their descendants sailed on to Borneo, Indonesia, Madagascar and the Pacific, the widest spread of any language family before 1500.

See Austronesian peoples on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

c. 2200 BCE to 900 CE

Duration

3,099 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Borneo and the Philippines, Southeast Asia

Language family

Austronesian

Events in Southeast Asia during its time

• 2200 BCE Austronesians reach the Philippines
• 500 BCE Dong Son bronze drums
• 111 BCE Han conquest of Nanyue
• 40 Trung sisters' revolt
• 671 Yijing studies at Srivijaya
• 825 Borobudur completed

Neighbours in Southeast Asia

• Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE
• Khmer Empire 802 to 1431 CE
• Champa c. 192 to 1832 CE
• Pyu city-states c. 200 BCE to 1050 CE
• Second Chinese domination 43 to 544 CE
• Dvaravati c. 550 to 1050 CE
• Funan c. 68 to 550 CE
• Pagan Kingdom 849 to 1297 CE
• Third Chinese domination (Sui and Tang) 602 to 938 CE
• Medang Kingdom (Mataram) c. 732 to 1016 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
• 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
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean

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