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500 BCE
Maya
The Mayan people begun building large stone complexes(triadic Structures) -
300 BCE
Maya
El MIrador was one of the largest cities with a population of about 250,000 -
150
Maya
Many Mayan cities were abandoned for an unknown reason -
900
Maya
Large parts of Mayan cities were abandoned and they collapsed again. -
1230
Inca
Sinchi Roca began his rule of the Inca empire -
1250
Aztec
The Aztecs settled near Lake Texcoco when they saw an eagle devouring a snake, perched on a cactus -
1325
Aztec
They founded the city of Tenochtitlan after building it. -
1438
Inca
Pachacuti became ruler of the Inca empire and it begun expanding -
1486
Aztec
When Ahuitzotl began his rule over the Aztecs.This was one of the most successful time for them. -
1487
Aztec
The Aztecs have a religious sacrifice of 84,400 people over a period of 4 days -
1511
Maya
Mayans and the Spanish first meet. -
1519
Aztec
Herman (or Hernan) Cortes and his fellow Spaniards came to Tenochtitlan and took over the Aztecs with the help of ally tribes. -
1526
Inca
The Spaniards set sail from Panama to find El Dorado -
1532
Inca
The Spaniards return to Cuzco and meet a new ruler. This interaction did not go so well and ended with the ruler of the inca empire being kidnaped by the spaniards. -
1533
Inca
The Spaniards execute the kidnapped emperor after taking the gold and silver the inca people paid to get their emperor back.
