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Spanish conquistadors

By TadDamitz
  • 8000 BCE

    Farming begins in Mesoamerica

    People discovered how to farm instead of gathering/hunting.
  • 1200 BCE

    Olmecs made the oldest culture in Mesoamerica/South America

    Olmecs made the oldest culture in Mesoamerica/South America
    The olmecs made the oldest culture, starting an organized society.
  • 400 BCE

    Olmecs Collapse

    The olmec society collapses, due to unknown reasons.
  • 1325

    Tenochtitlan is built

    Tenochtitlan is a massive city that was built by the Aztecs, it is much bigger than London and is modern day Mexico city
  • 1375

    The Aztecs begin

    The Aztecs first city is an island in a lake, and is where Tenochtitlan was made
  • Period: 1438 to 1532

    The Inca

    The Inca empire had lived in mountains, and had devoloped a genius system to grow crops on the mountains, and they were the only empire that did not regularly sacrifice people.
  • 1492

    Spain sends Christopher Columbus on his first votage to India

    Spain sends Christopher Columbus on his first votage to India
    Due to being desperate from a lack of spices, the king and queen of Spain sen Columbus on his famous voyage.
  • 1493

    Columbus bring the first conquistadors to The new world

    On Christopher Columbuses second voyage, he brought the first conquistadors with him to conquer the new world, or at the time what he thought was Asia.
  • 1494

    Treaty of tordesillas

    Treaty of tordesillas
    The pope makes a treaty where Spain gets the east of south america, and portugal gets the east.
  • 1498

    Vasco de Gama goes around Africa and finds a route to India.

    Vasco de Gama goes around Africa and finds a route to India.
    While Spain goes around the world to find India, portugal finds a way to go around the tip of Africa to find India.
  • 1500

    Aztecs conquer most of Modern day Mexico

    Aztecs conquer most of Modern day Mexico
    The Aztecs conquerd most of Mexico, and captured many people to sacrifice.
  • Period: 1504 to 1533

    Spain conquers many empires in the new world with conquistadors

    With the power of muskets and cannons, and even though they were massively outnumbered, Spain had conquered every empire in the new world.
  • 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigates the globe

    Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigates the globe
    Fredinand Magellans crew was the first to go completely around the globe, however, Ferdinand died halfway through the voyage, but he had proven that the Earth was round.
  • 1521

    The Aztecs fall to Spain

    Spainish conquistadors conquered the Aztec empire.
  • 1572

    Spain conquers the Inca

    The Inca empire, after fighting hard and massively outnumbering the Spainish, had fallen when their last city was captured.