Chapter 1 Timeline

  • Period: 100 to 200

    The migration of Native Americans

    This is believed to have happened 40,000 to 15,000 years ago.
  • Dec 5, 1100

    Cahokia's population reaches peak.

    Cahokia's population reaches peak.
    One of the most important cities to Native Americans had its largest population max out anywhere from ten to forty thousand people.
  • Period: Dec 5, 1100 to Dec 5, 1300

    Anaszi and Hohokam tribes clash.

    These rival tribes had conflicts during this period.
  • Dec 5, 1200

    Crop Cultivation by Americans

    The first Native began to cultivate crops. These included the cultivation of corn, squash, and beans.
  • Dec 5, 1200

    Mali is led by Mansa Musa

    This leader creates a thriving civilization in Africa
  • Dec 5, 1348

    Black death first appears in Europe.

    This catastrophic disease wiped out millions of people.
  • Period: Dec 5, 1400 to Dec 5, 1499

    Portugese colonize Africa

  • Dec 5, 1419

    Henry the Navigator sails the Atlantic

    Henry the Navigator sails the Atlantic
  • Dec 5, 1453

    Constantinople Captured

  • Dec 5, 1469

    Unification of Spain

    Aragon and Castille were mixed when Ferdinand and Isabella married.
  • Dec 5, 1482

    First slave trading center eestablished in North Africa

  • Dec 5, 1486

    The empire of Songhai in Africa takes over Mali

  • Dec 5, 1492

    Christopher Columbus sail to America.

    Christopher Columbus sail to America.
    He lands in Hispanola.
  • Period: Dec 5, 1492 to Dec 5, 1548

    Hispanola's population decline

    Upon Columbus's arrival the population of Hispanola dropped from 300,000 to fewer than 500.
  • Dec 5, 1494

    The Treaty of Tordesillas

    This agreement between the Portugese and Spain affected the way colonies were taken over by explorers and colonists.
  • Dec 5, 1519

    Hernan Cortes travels.

    Hernan Cortes travels.
    The explorer goes from Cuba to Mexico.
  • The Ghanain empire is established

    This empire would thrive for 700 years.
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    Mississippian tribes move westward.