Mesoamerica

Mayans

500 BCE

The Mayans built enormous stone sculptures called triadic structures. These structures were made of several pyramids. These triadic structures were used as temples.

Mayans

300 BCE

The Mayan population rose up to 250,000 people. This made the city one of the largest cities at the time.

Mayans

150

Many Mayan cities were abandoned completely. Archaeologists are not sure why. Power shifted between different Mayan cities.

Mayans

900

The Mayan civilization collapsed again. No one knows why, but it is theorized that it was due to warfare, drought, disease, and political instability.

Inca

1200

Mama Ocllo and Manco Capac founded Cuzco. Cuzco became the Inca's capital.

Aztec

1250

The year that the Aztecs might've settled near Lake Texaco

Aztec

1325

Year when the Aztecs created their main capital city, Tenochtitlan

Inca

1438

Pachacuti inherited the throne and he decided to split the empire into four provinces with one government at Cuzco.

Aztec

1487

The predicted year in which the Aztecs sacrificed 84,000 people as a part of a religious ceremony. These people were mostly POWs and criminals

Aztec

1519

Herman Cortes and the Spaniards arrived on the Gulf Coast. They allied with the Tlaxcala, a local tribe

Inca

1526

Francisco Pizarro, a Spaniard, decided to plan an expedition where he ended up encountering the Inca empire.

Aztec

Aug 13, 1531

This was the year that Cortes and the Spaniards took down the Aztecs in their capital (during this time, it is known that the Aztecs were a relatively strong community).

Inca

Aug 29, 1533

Pizarro killed the 13th Sapa Inca who was held for ransom. Despite the fact that he received many riches, he still decided to kill Atahualpa.

Inca

Sep 24, 1571

The Spaniards caught the last Sapa Inca and killed him. This led to the Inca empire fading away.

Mayans

1697

The Spanish captured the last Mayan city in 1697. However, many villages were left untouched as they were very isolated.