-
500
Mayan cities are flourishing in Mesoamerica
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1100
The Incans found the city of Cuzco
In South America -
1325
The Aztec people build Tenochtitlan
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1400
The Aztec Empire reaches its peak
In Mexico -
1420
Portugal maps the coast of America
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1438
Pachacuti builds the Inca Empire
In South America -
1488
Dias of Portugal sails to the southern tip of Africa
-
1492
Columbus goes to America
-
1518
The first enslaved Africans were brought to America
-
1520
Magellan sails around the world
-
1533
Pizzaro conquers Inca
-
1570
The Eastern Woodland people form the Iroquois Confederacy
