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Maya culture developed in three regions in Mesoamerica.
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The principal city in this region was Tikal, but the spread of urbanization extended south to Honduras; the southernmost Mayan city was Copan in northern Honduras.
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Mostly Incas lived in Peru
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Aztecs arrived in central mexican valley
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The Incas started building it around AD 1430 but was abandoned as an official site for the Inca rulers a hundred years later, at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.
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Pedro de Alvarado conquered Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
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Within 30 minutes up to 3000 Incas had been killed. An Empire was gone forever.
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began run between Acapulco and Manila
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He is noted for his extensive physical, intellectual, and emotional problems – along with the consequent ineffectual rule – as well as his role in the developments preceding the War of Spanish Succession.
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New Spain lost Florida to Great Britain but gained Louisiana from France.
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1767 Expulsion of Jesuits
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Simon Bolivar was one of South America's greatest generals. His victories over the Spaniards won independence for Bolivia, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. He is called El Liberator (The Liberator) and the "George Washington of South America."
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1846-1848 US-Mexican War. Four campaigns -- Taylor in Northern Mexico, Kearny in New Mexico, naval blockage of both coasts and Scott's campaign from Vera Cruz to Mexico City.
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends the War. Terms of peace included payment by the United States of $15 million for Mexico Cession.
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French army captured Mexico City and Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Hungary, a Hapsburg, proclaimed second Emperor of Mexico.
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banana cultivation introduced in Honduras
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Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,430 metres (8,000 ft) above sea level. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cuzco and through which the Urubamba River flows.
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Mexico joined the U. S. and Canada in NAFTA, effective January 1, 1994.
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South America has an area of 17 million km², or almost 3.5% of the Earth's surface.
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The Dresden Codex is a pre-Columbian Maya book of the eleventh or twelfth century of the Yucatecan Maya in Chichén Itzá.
