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Jan 1, 1000
Around this time Norse sailors from Greenland arrive at Newfoundland and build a boat-station at L'Anse aux Meadows
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Jan 1, 1124
Arnald appointed first bishop of Greenland
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Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1500
aztec empire
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Jan 1, 1325
Aztecs found Tenochtitlán, on island in Lake Texcoco; beginning of Aztec empire
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Jan 1, 1350
Around this time the Norse Western Settlement, Greenland, is abandoned
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Jan 1, 1375
Chimú begin conquest of central Andes
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Jan 1, 1380
First phase of Aztec expansion in Mexico
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Jan 1, 1400
navajo move south to arizona
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Jan 1, 1400
incans come to power in south america
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Jan 1, 1400
Norse begin to abandon Greenland
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Jan 1, 1400
Inca empire expands and hierarchical structure becomes more formalised
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Jan 1, 1428
Aztecs conquer Atzcapotzalco: becomes dominant state in central Mexico
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Jan 1, 1438
Pachacuti becomes ruler of Cuzco kingdom; beginning of the Inca empire
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Nov 13, 1473
Aztecs under Axayacatl defeat neighbouring state of Tlatelolco and annex it
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Jan 1, 1476
Incas conquer south coast of Peru
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Oct 12, 1492
colombus discovers america
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Jan 1, 1498
Columbus becomes first European to sight south American mainland
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Jan 1, 1499
Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci explores northeast south America
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Jan 1, 1500
Second Inca capital established at Tomebamba
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Jan 1, 1500
Pedro Álvares Cabral claims Brazil for Portugal
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maize agriculture reaches south-west north america
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Rise in power of Toltecs as Maya sites decline
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Thule culture, people from Alaska, begin migrating into Arctic Canada and Greenland
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Exiled Toltecs take over Maya city of Chichén Itzá
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Period: to Dec 31, 1500
the middle ages in the americas
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Period: to Dec 31, 1500
Mississippian period