Humans of Mesoamerica settle the site of Teotihuacan
Teotihuacan was the largest urban center of Mesoamerica before the Aztecs, almost 1000 years prior to their epoch.
Settlers & explorers
Hanno the Navigator of Carthage explores the coasts of West Africa
In the 5th century B.C.E., the Carthaginian explorer Hanno sailed beyond the Pillars of Hercules, out of the Mediterranean and into hitherto unknown territory down the Atlantic coast of Africa.
The Bantu expansion spreads across sub-Saharan Africa
The Bantu expansion is a major series of migrations of the original proto-Bantu language speaking group, who spread from an original nucleus around West Africa-Central Africa across much of sub-Saharan Africa.
Early humans discover and settle Micronesia
The Northern Marianas were the first islands in Oceania colonized by the Austronesian peoples. It was settled by the voyagers who sailed eastwards from the Philippines at approximately 1500 B.C.E.
Austronesian people arrive in modern-day Indonesia
Austronesian people form the majority of the modern population. They may have arrived in Indonesia around 2000 B.C.E. and are thought to have originated in Taiwan.
Early humans settle on Greenland for the first time
The earliest known cultures in Greenland are the Saqqaq culture (2500–800 B.C.E.) and the Independence I culture in northern Greenland (2400–1300 B.C.E.). The practitioners of these two cultures are thought to have descended from separate groups that came to Greenland from northern Canada.
Humans arrive on and settle the island of Hispaniola
For at least 5,000 years before Christopher Columbus discovered America for the Europeans, the island, which he named Hispaniola, was inhabited by indigenous peoples whom he called “Indians.”
Skara Brae settlement flourishes in Scotland
Consisting of eight clustered houses, it was occupied from roughly 3180 B.C.E. to about 2500 B.C.E. Europe’s most complete Neolithic village, Skara Brae gained UNESCO World Heritage Site status.
Humans settle Antigua for the first time
Antigua was first settled by archaic age hunter-gatherer Amerindians called the Ciboney. Carbon dating has established the earliest settlements started around 3100 B.C.E.
Humans discover and settle Cuba
Cuba’s earliest known human inhabitants colonized the island in the 4th millennium B.C.E.