Aztec,Maya,Olmec,and Incas

By Jamarian
  • 11,000 BCE

    Maya

    11000-The first hunter gatherer settle in Maya
    3113-The creation of the world takes place, according to the Maya L calendar
    2600-Maya civilization begins
    700-Writing is developed in Mesoamerica
    300-The Maya adopt the idea of a hierarchical society ruled by nobles and kings.
    100-The city of Teotihuacan is founded
    50-The Maya city of Cerros is built, with a complex of temples and ball courts. It is abandoned (for reasons unknown) a hundred years later and its people return to fishing and farming.
  • 1200 BCE

    Olmec

    1200-The Olmec civilization springs from the grouping of ancient villages along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
    1200-San Lorenzo becomes the great ceremonial centre of the Olmec civilization.
    900-The centre of San Lorenzo is detroyed and monuments are defaced. La Venta becomes the Olmec capital.
    400-La Venta is destroyed, monuments are defaced and the Olmec civilization ends.
  • 1100

    Incas

    1100-The Inca, led by Manco Capac, migrate to the Cuzco Valley and establish their capital at Cuzco.
    1425-Viracocha Inca begins to build the Inca empire.
    1438-Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui defeats the Chancas to control the Cuzco Valley and further expand the Inca empire.
    1450-Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui founds Machu Picchu in the High Andes.
    1470-The Incas conquer the Chimu civilization based at Chan Chan.
    1510-The Inca abandon the settlement of Machu Picchu.
  • 1100

    Incas 2

    1526-Civil war between the Inca leaders Waskar and Atahualpa. Atahualpa wins.
    1530-The Inca empire reaches its greatest extent.
    1532-Pizarro and the Spanish conquistadors arrive in South America.
    1533-Battle of Cajamarca where the Inca leader Atahualpa is captured and held for ransom by Spanish forces led by Pizarro.
    1533-The Inca leader Atahualpa is executed.
    1533-Pizarro takes the Inca capital of Cuzco.
    1535-Pizarro founds Lima as the capital of Spanish Peru.
  • 1250

    Aztec

    1250-Aztecs make home to Lake Texcoco
    1325-Aztecs found Tenochtitlan
    1448-Moctezuma II starts military conquest
    1519-Cortes kills Moctezuma and conquers Tenochtitlan
    1522- Spanish rebuild Tenochtitlan and rename it Mexico City