Maya, Inca, Aztec Timeline

By GarrisonFam
  • 2500 BCE

    Start of Inca civilization

    People in the area began forming villages and farming.
  • 2000 BCE

    Start of Maya civilization

    Farming villages began to show up across the Maya region.
  • 300 BCE

    Maya monarchy

    The Maya start a government by kings.
  • 400

    Teotihuacan Rules

    Teotihuacan, a city state, rules over the Maya highlands.
  • 1100

    Aztecs search for new home

    Aztecs leave their homeland and head south.
  • 1200

    Inca found Cuzco

    The Inca tribe founded the city of Cuzco, which will become the capital and birthplace of the empire.
  • 1325

    Future capital of Aztec

    Tenochtitlan, the future capital of the Aztec empire, is founded.
  • 1438

    Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui becomes leader

    Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui becomes leader of the Inca and begins to expand the control of the empire. Machu Picchu is built.
  • Period: 1440 to 1469

    Moctezuma I rules the Aztec empire

    Moctezuma I rules the Aztec empire and expands its power.
  • 1521

    Aztec empire falls

    Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes defeats the Aztecs and takes over the capital, Tenochtitlan.
  • 1541

    Maya empire falls

    Many of the city states are conquered by the Spanish.
  • 1572

    The Inca empire falls

    The Spanish execute the last Inca emperor, Tupac Amaru, to end the Inca empire.