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500
Maya cities flourish in Mesoamerica
The Maya often traded in the Mesoamerica then they spread into southern Mexico and Central America -
1100
inca found city of cuzco
the Incas fought many lands from their capital of Cuzco -
1325
Aztec builds tenochtitlan
Aztec took refuge on a swampy island lake Texcoco then built Tenochtitlan -
1400
Aztec empire reaches its height
the leader of Aztec helped build many of the temples,aqueducts and roads and helped expand the empire -
1420
portugal begins mapping coast of africa
prince Henry adventures sailed along Africa's west coastline mapping its features -
1438
pachaccti builds inca empire
Pachaccti did a campaign to launch the conquest of the Inca empire and two emperors helped with the campaign which helped build the largest empire -
1488
dias of portugal sails to africas southern tip
bartholmes dias sailed in the southern tip of Africa -
1492
columbas reaches america
Columbus sails in 1492 and sailed ashore on the San Salvador -
1518
first enslaved africans brought to americas
ferdinand Magellan sailed west and brought back Africans to the Americas -
1520
megallan expedtion sails around the world
magellan traveled along south Americas east coast trying in search of Asia -
1553
pizzarro conquers the inca
by 1532 Pizzaro had a bold plan to attack the Inca and Pizzaro attacked the Incas -
1570
eastern woodland people from iroquois conferderacy
this place is known for its dense forests and farming corn and beans and squash are most important