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23,000 BCE
First Migrans from Northeast Asia to the AMericas
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Period: 8000 BCE to 2000 BCE
Horticulture develops
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Period: 900 BCE to 300
The Maya settle into the vast region southeast of present-day mexico city
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750
the Pueblo people build masonry homes cut into cliffs
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800
Complex irrigation systems increased food production and led to the diversification of native societies throughout the Western Hemisphere
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1200
Christians begin reconquering Spain
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1325
The Aztecs build Tenochtitlan
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1420
The Portuguese Prince Henry launched explorations of the African coast
The Portuguese developed navigating ships known as caravls -
1469
Marriage of Isabella and ferdinand
Signified the Unification of Christian Spain -
1478
Spanish inquisition
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1482
The Portuguese build Elmina Castle, a trading post and fort on the Gold COast, in present-day Ghana
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1492
Columbus proposes seeking a new path across the Atlantic to Japan, China, or India
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1500
As a result of the Columbian exchange, Western Europe experiences a globally unprecedented period of sustained growth as a result of taking wealth from the Americas
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1500
Americas become home to developed societies.
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1500
Portuguese traders use their new African route to participate in the Indian Ocean trade
They Brought Asian goods to Europe and became leaders in international trade -
1504
Columbus introduces the encomienda system to the Caribbean
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1506
Columbus' death
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1513
Ferdinand and Isabella issue the Requerimiento
The Pope granted Spanish Monarchs the authority to claim lands in the Americas. And if anyone resisted, they forfeited the protection of the crown and could be enslaved or killed. -
1524
Francisco Pizarro conquers the Incan Empire
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1550
Spanish King Charles gathered a group of theologians, jurists, and philosophers to discuss the ethics of conquest
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1573
Introduction of the Mission System