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Timeline / Africa & Americas

Africa & Americas

Sub-Saharan Africa, Nubia, Mesoamerica, Andes, North America

  1. 2000 BCE – 1.

    Formative Africa & Americas
    1. Nubian & Kushite Art 2000 BCE – 1.
    2. Olmec Art 1500 BCE – 400 BCE
    3. Early Maya 1000 BCE – 1.
    4. Chavín & Early Andes 900 BCE – 1.
  2. 1. – 900.

    Classical Africa & Americas
    1. Aksumite & Early Ethiopian 1. – 900.
    2. Maya Classic 250. – 900.
    3. Teotihuacan 100. – 700.
    4. Moche Visual Culture 100. – 800.
  3. 900. – 1521.

    Medieval & Postclassic
    1. Mali / Sahel 900. – 1521.
    2. Great Zimbabwe 1100. – 1521.
    3. Benin & West African Courts 1200. – 1521.
    4. Mississippian Art 900. – 1521.
    5. Aztec Art 1325. – 1521.
    6. Inca Art 1400. – 1521.
  4. 1521. – 1900.

    Contact & Early Colonial
    1. Later Benin & Kongo Arts 1521. – 1900.
    2. Colonial Indigenous Americas 1521. – 1900.
  5. 1900. – Present

    Modern Africa & Americas
    1. Modern African Art 1900. – Present
    2. Modern Indigenous & Diaspora Americas 1900. – Present