the americas in the middle ages

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  • Jan 1, 1000

    Around this time Norse sailors from Greenland arrive at Newfoundland and build a boat-station at L'Anse aux Meadows

  • Jan 1, 1124

    Arnald appointed first bishop of Greenland

  • Period: Jan 1, 1300 to Dec 31, 1500

    aztec empire

  • Jan 1, 1325

    Aztecs found Tenochtitlán, on island in Lake Texcoco; beginning of Aztec empire

  • Jan 1, 1350

    Around this time the Norse Western Settlement, Greenland, is abandoned

  • Jan 1, 1375

    Chimú begin conquest of central Andes

  • Jan 1, 1380

    First phase of Aztec expansion in Mexico

  • Jan 1, 1400

    navajo move south to arizona

  • Jan 1, 1400

    incans come to power in south america

  • Jan 1, 1400

    Norse begin to abandon Greenland

  • Jan 1, 1400

    Inca empire expands and hierarchical structure becomes more formalised

  • Jan 1, 1428

    Aztecs conquer Atzcapotzalco: becomes dominant state in central Mexico

  • Jan 1, 1438

    Pachacuti becomes ruler of Cuzco kingdom; beginning of the Inca empire

  • Nov 13, 1473

    Aztecs under Axayacatl defeat neighbouring state of Tlatelolco and annex it

  • Jan 1, 1476

    Incas conquer south coast of Peru

  • Oct 12, 1492

    colombus discovers america

  • Jan 1, 1498

    Columbus becomes first European to sight south American mainland

  • Jan 1, 1499

    Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci explores northeast south America

  • Jan 1, 1500

    Second Inca capital established at Tomebamba

  • Jan 1, 1500

    Pedro Álvares Cabral claims Brazil for Portugal

  • maize agriculture reaches south-west north america

  • Rise in power of Toltecs as Maya sites decline

  • Thule culture, people from Alaska, begin migrating into Arctic Canada and Greenland

  • Exiled Toltecs take over Maya city of Chichén Itzá

  • Period: to Dec 31, 1500

    the middle ages in the americas

  • Period: to Dec 31, 1500

    Mississippian period