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The Carib or Island Carib are a people of the Lesser Antilles islands, after whom the Caribbean Sea was named. Originally from South America, they are believed to have left the Orinoco jungles of Venezuela to settle in the Caribbean. The Carib men treated their women as servants and the women cooked, cleaned, and did whatever the men said. The men and women lived in separate houses and the men ruled over the women. One of the Caribs’ strengths were building and sailing boats. Also out of all the tribes in the Caribbean, the Carib always won the battles over the Arawak. (Rogozinski)

When Europeans arrived on the Caribbean Islands in the 16th century, they found the Caribs to be aggressive and warlike. Practises of cannibalism were noted by the explorers. In fact, the English word cannibal comes from the Spanish caníbalis, which was recorded by Christopher Columbus from the earlier Carib word karibna, meaning person. It is important to note, however, that the Carib only ate human mean during religious war rituals. Although some Native Americans practiced cannibalism (as did some Europeans), Columbus's characterization of the Carib as eaters of human flesh more likely reflected his desire to represent them as savages, for in 1503 Queen Isabella ruled that only cannibals could be legally taken as slaves, which encouraged Europeans to identify various Native American groups as cannibals.

Another overstatement of the Europeans was that the Carib were aggressive and loved to fight. They only started to fight when attacked by the Europeans.They used to inhabit various Caribbean islands, but were later pushed out by European colonists and were able to retain only two islands DominicaThe Commonwealth of Dominica is a borderless country in the Caribbean, a parliamentary democracy within the Commonwealth. Unlike other former British colonies in the region, Dominica was never a Commonwealth realm with the British monarch as head of state and Saint VincentSaint Vincent is an island in the Caribbean, part of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is located in the Caribbean Sea, north of Trinidad and Tobago. It was disputed territory between France and the United Kingdom in the 18th century, but was ceded to. The Island Carib of Saint VincentSaint Vincent may refer to: Saint Vincent (island) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sao Vicente Saint Vincent de Paul Saint Vincent Ferrer Saint Vincent of Lerins Saint Vincent of Saragossa Saint Vincent Pallotti Saint-Vincent, a municipality of the Valle were relocated to HondurasHonduras is a nation of northern Central America, bordered to the west by Guatemala and El Salvador, to the south by Nicaragua and the Pacific Ocean and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea. The nation of Belize (formerly "British Ho in 1796Events Edward Jenner develops vaccination, using cowpox to protect against smallpox February 1 The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York March 9 Widow Josephine de Beauharnais marries General Napoleon Bonaparte. March 30 Carl Gauss obtained, where their descendants, the Garífuna, live today. Their resistance delayed the settlement of DominicaThe Commonwealth of Dominica is a borderless country in the Caribbean, a parliamentary democracy within the Commonwealth. Unlike other former British colonies in the region, Dominica was never a Commonwealth realm with the British monarch as head of state by Europeans, and a few thousand of them still remain there. The last known speakers of Island Carib died in the 1920sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Events and trends Technology John Logie Baird invents the first working t.

Some common words in use in English were borrowed from the Carib language, such as " hammock," " iguana," " hurricane" (after the Carib god of evil), and " maize."

The Carib were at the time of European discovery aggressively advancing against the Arawakan Taíno, who lived on the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the Bahamas. From pottery evidence, it seems likely that Arawakan peoples inhabited the Caribbean islands since 100 CE, and had inhabited the Lesser Antilles before the arrival of the Island Carib.

The following text, from the Caribs article, should be merged with the above

These are subset of Amerindian people in South America and the Caribbean. Before colonialism and the arrival of Columbus, they were the main military power in the Caribbean archipelago.