Mesoamerica

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  • 2000 BCE

    Mayans

    Their history starts at about 2000 BC and goes to 1697.
  • 500 BCE

    Mayans

    started building enormous stone complexes known as triadic structures.
  • 300 BCE

    Mayans

    The city also had impressive stone causeways-or bridges-some of which were several miles long, and an advanced water-collection system. At its height in 300 BC, as many as 250,000 people lived in this city, making it one of the largest cities in the world at the time.
  • 150

    Mayans

    many Maya cities, including El Mirador, were abandoned completely, though archeologists don't know why. Over the next hundred years, power shifted between the different cities of the Maya, mostly through warfare and trade.
  • 900

    Mayans

    Large parts of the Maya civilization collapsed again around 900 AD. Cities which had existed for over 2,000 years were abandoned and people moved towards the coast. The reason why is a great mystery to archeologists. The best theories are warfare, drought, disease, and political instability.
  • 1200

    Inca

    they founded the Inca Empire around 1200 and made Cuzco the capital.
  • 1230

    Inca

    Sinchi Roca, ruled the Inca Empire from around 1230 to 1260.
  • 1250

    Aztec

    the aztec people would search for a home because those people had no home and they only knew that their most divine god had promised them land and had given them a clue to find it.
  • 1325

    Aztec

    the aztec people founded Tenochtitlan.
  • 1438

    Inca

    Pachacuti (whose name literally meant "World-Shaker") ascended to the throne. Under his leadership, the Incas began a series of quick expansions
  • 1486

    Aztec

    The Aztec Empire reached its height during the days of Ahuitzotl. Also he ruled the kingdom during that time.
  • 1487

    Aztec

    religious celebration, the Aztecs were said to have offered the lives of 84,400 people (mainly criminals and POWs) over a period of four days.
  • 1519

    Aztec

    Herman (or Hernan) Cortes and his fellow Spaniards landed on the Gulf Coast. They allied themselves with a local tribe called Tlaxcala. Together, they sacked the capital city of Tenochtitlan on August 13, 1531, and brought the mighty Aztec Empire to its knees.
  • 1526

    Inca

    A Spaniard by the name of Francisco Pizarro organized an expedition. He wanted to find the legendary El Dorado.
  • 1572

    Inca

    The Spaniards caught Tupac Amaru, the last Sapa Inca. They executed him on September 24. From that day on, the Inca Empire truly faded away and became a thing of the past.