Ch7/Ch12 Timeline By AppleC22 1200 BCE The Olmec built what may be the oldest culture in Mesoamerica 500 Mayan cities flourish in Mesoamerica 600 Pacal II built many structures considered to be some of the best examples of maya architecture 1420 Portugal begins mapping the coast of Africa 1438 Pachacuti builds Inca Empire 1492 Columbus reaches the Americas 1497 John Cabot explored the North American coast 1500 Two new groups the Apache and the Navajo settled in the southwest 1518 Spain hired Ferdinand Magellan for an exploration voyage 1524 France sent Giovanni da Verrazano to find a northern route to Asia 1570 Eastern Wood;and peoples form Iroquis Confederacy 1619 Dutch begin Asian spice trade
