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30,000 BCE
Asian hunters arrived in the Americas
Land bridges formed when water levels dropped during the Ice Age. Hunters followed animals from Asia and crossed over to the Americas. -
10,000 BCE
The Bering Straight
The land bridge was covered with water once again -
7000 BCE
Farming
People started farming in what is now central Mexico. -
Period: 1300 BCE to 400 BCE
Olmec civilization
The first Americans to use stone in sculpture and architecture. -
Period: 800 BCE to 100 BCE
The Adena people
One of the first Mound Builders. They lived along the Ohio River. -
Period: 300 BCE to 909
Mayan culture
Existed in what is now southern Mexico and Guatemala. -
Period: 100 BCE to 500
The Hopewell Mound Builders
The Hopewell Mound Builders lodged along the Ohio River. -
Period: 200 to 1300
The Anasazi
The Anasazi lived in the Southwest in the Four Corners area (where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona meet). They used irrigation to water their farms in the desert. -
Period: 700 to
The Mississippians.
The Mississippians settled in the river valleys of present-day Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. -
1000
The Cahokia
The Cahokia lived along the Mississippi River. They built small, rounded piles of earth to bury their dead. -
1100
the Aztecs
Around AD 1100, the Aztecs settled in the Valley of Mexico. -
1325
The Aztecs
The Aztecs moved to an area around Lake Texcoco, called Tenochtitlan (which means "land of prickly pear cactus"). -
Period: 1400 to 1572
Incas
Incas conquered neighboring people and eventually stretched from present-day Ecuador to central Chile. -
1492
Christopher Columbus
Columbus landed in the Americas. -
1500
Europeans
The arrival of Europeans -
1500
The Navajo
The Navajo were introduced to sheep, goats, cattle, and horses when the Spanish came to America. -
1532
The Inca Empire
The Inca Empire was weakened by civil war. -
1533
Inca invaded
The Spanish invaded the Inca. -
1572
Inca Empire
The Inca Empire ended. -
Period: to
The Nez Perce
The Nez Perce acquired horses and became skilled horse breeders and traders.