Creating the Caribbean -- The Colonial West Indies, pt. 1, 1496-1697
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How Did the Caribbean Society Come About?
Caribbean islands were created by volcanic and sismic activity. Most of the population of the west indies was tino, a tribal confederation group that spoke a language in the arawak family. The carabs travelled in large sea going canoes, so they could move quickly from island to island. And that gave them a tremendous advantage in the west indians. In some ways, you could see them as kind of comparable to vikings, sort of attacking and raiding tino towns and settlements.
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