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13,000 BCE
Prehistoric hunters arrived in what today is known as Alaska
People: Prehistoric Hunters/
Place: Alaska/
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400 BCE
The Olmec built what may be the oldest civilization in Mesoamerica
People: The Olmec / Place: the Gulf of Mexico / pg. 158 -
400 BCE
The city Teotihuacan was built by the inland group that overthrew the Olmec
People: The Olmec and an inland group of people / Place: the Gulf of Mexico / Pg. 159 -
750
The Maya ruled throughout the Yucatan Peninsula.
People: the Maya / Place: the Yucatan Peninsula / pg. 159 -
950
The Toltec conquered much of Mexico and Northern Central America
People: The Toltec / Place: Mexico and Northern Central America / pg. 160 -
1300
The Aztecs took control of territory once controlled by the Toltec
People: The Aztecs / Place: Mexico and Northern America / pg. 160 -
1420
Prince Henry´s adventurers sailed along the west coast of Africa
People: Prince Henry´s adventurers / Place: Africa´s west coast / pg. 324 -
1488
Bartolomeu Dias sailed to the southern tip of Africa
People: Bartolomeu Dias / Place: Africa´s southern-most tip / pg. 324 -
1492
Christopher Columbus sailed to Northern America, but was trying to reach Asia.
People: Christopher Columbus and his sailors / Place: North America / pg. 325 -
1502
Amerigo Vespucci decided that Columbus had not reached Asia but a ¨new world.¨
People: Amerigo Vespucci / Place: North and South America / pg. 326 -
1519
Ferdinand Magellan left port to sail around the world.
People: Amerigo Vespucci and crew / Place: the ocean / pg. 327 -
1519
Hernando Cortés, along with other tribes and his conquistadors, defeat the Aztecs.
People: Hernando Cortés, conquistadors, the Aztecs / Place: Mexico and Northern Central Americo / pg. 329
