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Period: 250 to
mayan
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400
Aztecs stuff
The Maya highlands fall under the domination of Teotihuacan, and the disintegration of Maya culture and language begins in some parts of the highlands. -
Period: Oct 22, 1200 to
aztec
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Oct 30, 1224
fun and festials
The city of Chichen Itza is abandoned by the Toltecs. A people known as the Uicil-abnal, which later takes the name Itza, settles in the desolate city. -
Oct 22, 1325
Aztecs
after years of searching the Aztecs chose a siite in the middle of Lake Texcoco for their new capital. -
Oct 22, 1519
Cortez Arrives
As the year 1519 began, the Aztecs were jittery. It was the end of the 52- year cycle. -
capital
In 1978 an electric worker digging in the street discovered a large statue of an Aztec goddess. Shortly after, the base of the Great Temple was uncovered. -
Aztecs 1
There is a rebellion within Mayapan and the city is abandoned by 1461. Shortly after this, Yucatan degenerates from a single united kingdom into sixteen rival statelets, each anxious to become the most powerful.