3 time line

By Luis.gonz08
  • 500

    Zapotecs

    location isOaxaca and Capital: Monte Albán
  • 500

    Zapotecs

    location isOaxaca and Capital: Monte Albán
  • 650

    teotihuacan

    alley of Mexico
    • Huge city: Pyramids of the Sun and Moon, Avenue of the Dead.
    • Major trade center (obsidian).
    • Decline due to fire and internal conflict.
  • 900

    Toltecs

    Capital: Tula
    • Militaristic culture; Atlantean warrior statues.
    • Influence on later Aztec religion (Quetzalcoatl).
  • 900

    ⁠Mixtecs

    Region: Oaxaca, Puebla, Guerrero Famous for: gold work, codices, mosaics.
  • 1492

    Discovery of America

    Columbus reaches the Caribbean (thinking it was Asia).
    • Followed by European exploration and colonization.
    • Columbian Exchange: foods, animals, and diseases moved between continents.
  • 1500

    olmecs

    Gulf Coast (Veracruz, Tabasco)
    Known as the “mother culture.”

  • ⁠Maya

    yucatán, Chiapas, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras
    • City-states (Tikal, Palenque, Chichén Itzá).