Mesoamerica

  • 300 BCE

    Mayan

    In 300 BC people were making El Mirador the largest cities with 250,000 people lived in that city.
  • Period: 200 BCE to

    Mayan

    The Maya’s History starts about in the 200 BC, and goes to 1697.
  • 1250

    Aztecs

    We only know that they settled near Lake Texcoco around 1250.
  • 1250

    Aztecs

    only know that they settled near lake texcoco
  • 1325

    Aztecs

    And they founded Tenochtitlan around 1325.
  • 1325

    Aztecs

    found techotitlan
  • 1487

    Aztecs

    Depending upon the occasion, some human sacrifices could be of a very large scale. For example, at a religious celebration in 1487, the Aztecs were said to have offered the lives of 84,400 people (mainly criminals and POWs) over a period of four days.
  • 1487

    Aztecs

    Aztecs were said to offered the lives of 84,400 people over a period of four days.
  • 1511

    Mayans

    Maya were still rich citizens when spanish met them.
  • 1519

    Aztecs

    In 1519, Herman (or Hernan) Cortes and his fellow Spaniards landed on the Gulf Coast.
  • 1521

    Mayans

    The Spanish people then moved on the Maya cities.
  • 1521

    Aztecs

    the Aztec Empire, in 1521, then moved on the Maya cities
  • Aug 13, 1531

    Aztecs

    Together, they sacked the capital city of Tenochtitlan on August 13, 1531, and brought the mighty Aztec Empire to its knees.
  • Mayans

    Spanish captured the last independent Maya city.