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734 BCE
Maya
Yikin Chan Kawiil, known as "Ruler B", was one of Takils successful and expansionary rulers. He was no beast of burden, meaning that he didn't have anything to help them with like animals, just the muscles they had. So, what ever they made, they went level by level with just their own muscles. -
869
Maya
Mayas are getting desperate because they got no food or a place to stay. They are the only ones that are known for holding records. Their writing are known as "Code X" meaning for their Hieroglyphic writing. Mayans are larger than the other life rulers. -
1100
Aztec
Aztecs were originally from Aztlan, where no one knows where it is (many people believe it was in the Northwest Mexico). Also, no one knows why or what prompted them to leave their homeland. -
1427
Aztec
The sun stone depicting the ages of the five suns of Aztec mythology is carved and set up at Tenochtitlan -
1438
Inca
Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui defeats the Chancas to control the Cuzco Valley and further expand the Inca empire -
1450
Inca
Pachacuti Inca finds Machu Picchu in the high Andes. -
1470
Inca
The Incas conquer the Chimu civilization based at Chan Chan -
1471
Inca
Region of Inca, Tupac Yupanqui, doubles the size of the Inca empire -
1487
Aztecs
People offered by the Aztecs to the god meaning lives of 84,400 people (mainly criminals and POW's) for a period of four days. If it was true, they would've had execute 15 people per minute constantly for four days straight. -
1510
Inca
The Inca abandoned the settlement of Machu Picchu. -
1517
Maya
The Mayan cities were completely abandoned because they had no food, no crops, no good soil. While that happened, the Mayans moved village to village because of that reason and 90% of the people were gone because of starvation. -
1519
Aztecs
Herman (or Hernan) Cortes and Spaniards landed in the Gulf Coast. They also allied with a tribe who called themselves Tlaxcala. Together they conquered the capital city of Tenochtitlan. -
1520
Aztec
Spanish forces were driven back. The Spanish and their native allies suffered heavy losses. -
1562
Maya
This year of time, the Mayans were burning their texts because they thought they were talking to the devil. The Mayans burned about 27 hieroglyphic rolls. -
Maya
The remaining Mayans who lived inland, lived with the Spanish for uneasily over one hundred years right before the Spanish decided to capture the other last Mayans. Many had isolated villages that were left untouched for quite awhile and colonists before the people who lived in the latest years had preserved their culture.