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500
Mayan cities flourish in Mesoamerica
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1100
Inca found city of Cuzco
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1325
Aztec build Tenochitlan
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1400
Aztec Empire reaches its height
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1420
Portugal begings mapping coast of Africa
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1438
Pachacuti builds Inca Empire
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1488
Dais of Portugal sails to Africa southern tip
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1492
Columbus reaches the Americas
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1518
First enslaved Africans brought to Americas
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1520
Magellan's expedition sails around the world
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1533
Pizarro conquers the Inca
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1570
Eastern Woodland peoples form Iroquois Confederacy
