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200,000 BCE
The Stone Age
Stone Age, prehistoric cultural stage, or level of human development, characterized by the creation and use of stone tools. The Stone Age, whose origin coincides with the discovery of the oldest known stone tools. -
20,000 BCE
Bering Land Bridge Theory (Beringia)
The Bering Land Bridge Theory proposes that during the last Ice Age (around 20,000 to 16,000 years ago), a land bridge known as Beringia connected Asia and North America, allowing human migration. -
2000 BCE
Pre Classical Period
In this period there was the beginning of cultures. -
2000 BCE
Pre classic
period which early complex societies began to form and developed agriculture, trade and religious practices -
1800 BCE
Mayas
The Mayans were a Mesoamerican civilization that lived in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras, and that stood out for their art, writing, architecture, astronomy, mathematics and mythology. -
1533 BCE
Incas
The Incas are part of the Andean civilization and their empire was among the main ones of all the civilizations of America. -
1519 BCE
Tenochtitlan-Tlatelolco
Combination of the two lands -
1325 BCE
Aztecs
Aztec, Nahuatl-speaking people who in the 15th and early 16th centuries ruled a large empire in what is now central and southern Mexico. -
1200 BCE
Olmecs
The Olmec were the first major civilization in Mexico. They lived in the tropical lowlands on the Gulf of Mexico in the present-day Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco. -
1000 BCE
Polynesian Contact Theory
The Polynesian Contact Theory suggests that Polynesians made contact with the Americas before European explorers, possibly as early as 1000–1300 CE. Evidence includes the presence of sweet potatoes (a South American plant) in Polynesia before European contact and some genetic and linguistic evidence pointing to contact between Polynesians and indigenous peoples of South America. -
250 BCE
Classical Period
The classical period is consideres to be the highlight of the Maya civilization. -
250 BCE
Classic Period
a period in mesoamerican history when large urban centers took place, like teotihuacan -
950
Post Classic
a period in mesoamerican history which followed the colapse if the major classic period civilizations -
1276
Mexicas settlement
Mexicas Settled in Chapultepec -
1276
Mexicas Settlement
In 1276 the Mexicas settled in Chapultepecwhere they remained until defeated in a terrible battle. -
1325
Mexicas next settlement
In 1325 they moved to a small island which was part of an Archipelago in Lake Texcoco -
1325
Mexicas
Foundation of Tenochtitlan and the expansion of a vast empire, rich in religious and cultural practices. -
1376
Mexicas Monarchy
In 1376 the Mexicas had a real monarchy -
1400
Incas
South American Indians who, at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1532. -
1469
Ending of Moctezuma I
Who reigned until 1469 -
1502
moctezuma II
He had been a valiant warrior, and he was the High Priest of Huitzilopochtli -
1521
Population of Tenchtitlan
Tenochtitlan could not have more than 80,000 inhabitants -
1550
Post Classical Peiod
In this period the spanish were arriving to Mesoamerica. -
Coastal Migration Theory
The Coastal Migration Theory suggests that early humans migrated along the Pacific coastline from Asia to the Americas using watercraft, navigating a series of ice-free refugia (areas without ice coverage) along the coast. -
Lucy
Forty years ago, on a Sunday morning in late November 1974, a team of researchers was excavating a remote site in the Afar region of Ethiopia. -
Solutrean Hypothesis
The Solutrean Hypothesis posits that people from the Solutrean culture of prehistoric Europe (approximately 21,000 to 17,000 years ago) crossed the Atlantic Ocean along the edge of the ice sheets using primitive boats, reaching North America.