mesoamerican timeline

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  • 2000 BCE

    Mayans

    Mayans
    The Aztec history starts at about 2000 b.c
  • 500 BCE

    Mayans

    Mayans
    Around 500 BC the Aztecs started building enormous stone complexes. When I say enormous I mean humongous.
  • 300 BCE

    Mayans

    Mayans
    In 300 BC, as many as 250,000 people lived in this city. It was one of the largest cities in the world long ago.
  • 150

    Mayans

    Mayans
    Around 150 AD, El Mirador, was abandoned completely. Archeologists don't know why.
  • 1230

    Inca

    Inca
    1230-1260- Sinchi Roca ruled the empire. Or, people believe he did.
  • 1250

    Aztec

    Aztec
    Settled near Lake Texcoco.
  • 1325

    Aztec

    Aztec
    Aztec people found capital city, Tenochtitlan.
  • 1438

    Inca

    Inca
    1438- Pachacuti took over the throne. His name meant, “World-Shaker”
  • 1487

    Aztec

    Aztec
    Depending upon the occasion, some human sacrifices could've happened and many lives were lost. For example, at a religious celebration in 1487, the Aztecs were said to have offered the lives of 84,400 people over a period of four days.
  • 1519

    Aztec

    Aztec
    Herman Cortes and his fellow Spaniards landed on the Gulf Coast. They allied themselves with a local tribe called Tlaxcala.
  • 1521

    Mayans

    Mayans
    The Spanish first wiped out the Maya's neighbors, the Aztec Empire, in 1521, then moved onto Mayan cities.
  • 1526

    Inca

    Inca
    1526- A spaniard, Francisco Pizzaro, had a plan to set sail to the Inca empire.
  • 1526

    Inca

    Inca
    August 1526- Pizzaro set sail from his land. Soon will be in Inca territory.
  • Aug 13, 1531

    Aztec

    Aztec
    Cortes and Tlaxcala allied and they sacked the capital city of Tenochtitlan and brought the mighty Aztec Empire to its knees.
  • Sep 24, 1572

    Inca

    Inca
    September 24, 1572- Inca empire faded away. No one has carried the empire on since.