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Period: 2000 BCE to
Mayans
Mayans history starts and ends -
900 BCE
Mayans
Maya civilizations collapsed again -
500 BCE
Mayans
They began making big stone complexes known as triadic structures -
300 BCE
Mayans
it was the largest city in the world, 250,000 people -
1200
Inca
Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo founded the Inca Empire -
Period: 1230 to 1260
Inca
A Sapa Inca, Sinchi Roca, ruled the Inca Empire -
1250
Aztec
The Aztecs settled near Lake Texcoco -
1325
Aztecs
They founded Tenichtitlan -
1438
Inca
Pachacuti ascended to the throne. he set up a federal government at Cuzco and divided the empire into 4 provinces. -
Period: 1486 to 1502
Aztecs
Ahuitzol ruled the kingdom of the Aztec Empire
- after he passed, his son Moctezuma II took over -
1487
Aztecs
Human sacrifices took place, they killed about 84,400 people. -
1519
Aztecs
Herman Cortes and his spaniards landed in the Gulf Coast -
1521
Mayans
The Aztec Empire moved on the Maya cities -
1526
Inca
A Spaniard, Francisco Pizarro, organized an expedition to find the legendary El Dorado -
1526
Inca
Pizarro set sail from Panama with 2 ships of 160 men -
Nov 16, 1532
Inca
Pizarro and his followers staged a surprise attack -
Aug 29, 1533
inca
after receiving more gold and silver, Pizarro broke the promise and executed Atahulpa (13th Sapa Inca) -
Mayans
the Spanish captured the last independent Mayan empire
