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Period: 1800 BCE to 800
The Maya
The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization developed by the Maya peoples, and noted for its logosyllabic script—the most sophisticated and highly developed writing system in pre-Columbian Americas—as well as for its art, architecture, mathematics, calendar, and astronomical system. -
Period: 1200 BCE to 600 BCE
The Olmec
The main economic activity of the Olmecs was agriculture. They had large crops of corn, sweet potatoes, avocado, beans, auyama, and yams. These Olmec inhabited southern Mexico, and are regarded as the Mother Culture of the Americas -
1095
Pope Urban calls for Crusades in the Holy Land
The people sent knights to the Holy land. crusades lasted 200 years. unable to liberate the Holy land from Muslim control. -
1200
Europe is a farming economy
Farmed their own food. -
Period: 1200 to 1521
The Aztec
The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec peoples included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to the 16th centuries. -
1271
Marco Polo travels to the East
left for adventure. many people died on the trip. -
1289
Crusades end
it finally ended after 200 years. -
1293
Polos journey home
started to come home and learned new things. -
1298
Polo imprisoned and writes his book
writes a book that became really popular and inspires lots of people. -
Period: 1300 to
Renaissance
new inventions and Europe renaissance. ideas from Greece and Rome. -
Period: 1400 to 1532
The Inca empire
It was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political, and military center of the empire was located in the city of Cusco. The Inca civilization arose from the Peruvian highlands sometime in the early 13th century. Its last stronghold was conquered by the Spanish in 1572. -
1415
captured fortress
Portuguese captures the fortress of Ceuta of Africa -
1419
maderia islands founded
Portugal discovery -
1427
Azores islands
prince henry funded work which led to the Azores islands. -
1434
succesful return
had failed 15 times finally returned. -
1440
Printing press
Johan Gutenberg invented the printing press. -
1469
marriage
marriage and worked on building a nation. -
1488
Eastern coast of south Africa
he went farther than any other explorer and found south Africa tip. -
1492
Hispaniola
landfall on Hispaniola. -
1519
Cortes invades Aztec
Hernan Cortes came to conquer. -
1529
Pizarro invades the Inca
Pizarro invades the Inca with war. -
1532
Inca fall under Pizarro
Pizarro conquered the Incas and the Incas are destroyed. -
Thomas Hobbes writes The Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes wrote "Leviathan," first published in 1651, after a decade in which England fought two civil wars, inspiring Hobbes to explore the role and shape of a sovereign state. -
John Locke writes The Second Treatise on Government
Naturalist and political philosopher John Locke was present to witness these events and was so compelled by them, he wrote what is known as the Second Treatise on Government. -
The United States declares Independence
The Declaration explained why the Thirteen Colonies at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain regarded themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states, no longer under British rule. With the Declaration, these new states took a collective first step toward forming the United States of America. -
France writes the Declaration of the Rights of Man
National Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. -
Haiti gains independence
proclaimed Two months after his defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte’s colonial forces, Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaims the independence of Saint-Domingue, renaming it Haiti after its original Arawak name. -
Bolivar and his soldiers begin Venezuela’s fight for independence
In early 1819, Bolívar was cornered in western Venezuela with his army. He was not powerful enough to knock out the Spanish armies, but they were not strong enough to defeat him, either. He made a daring move: he crossed the frosty Andes with his army, losing half of it in the process, and arrived in New Granada (Colombia) in July of 1819. -
Bolivar’s Gran Columbia gains its independence
In 1819, December 17, the Republic of Colombia, known as Gran Colombia was proclaimed that Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador were included in it. At the same time, Colombia gained its independence from Spain and Simon Bolivar became the first president of Colombia. -
Jose de San Martin frees Peru from Spain
was an Argentine general and governor who led his nation during the wars of Independence from Spain. He is counted among the founding fathers of Argentina and also led the liberations of Chile and Peru. Fast Facts: José Francisco de San Martín -
Mexico gains independence
Celebrating Mexican Independence On September 16, 1810, a progressive priest named Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla became the father of Mexican independence with a historic proclamation urging his fellow Mexicans to take up arms against the Spanish government.
