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The people who inhabited the Virgin Islands during the last millenium saw vast changes in their social condition, from the rural culture of the Amerindians to the era of information technology. Communications and information that took eight weeks to cross the seas became available to the common man in eight seconds. Politically, they progressed from the rule of absolute monarchy to government by parliamentary principle. Here are a few landmarks in that millenium.
Carbon dating of pre-Columbian artifacts indicate that there were Arawaks settled in the islands in 400 BC. They lived a peaceful, rural life for 1,400 years until their settlements were overwhelmed by the nomadic Carib Indians, at the end of the 14th century.
Carbon dating of pre-Columbian artifacts indicate that there were Arawaks settled in the islands in 400 BC. They lived a peaceful, rural life for 1,400 years until their settlements were overwhelmed by the nomadic Carib Indians, at the end of the 14th century.
