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700 BCE
The Missisipians arise
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300 BCE
The Maya develops in Central America and Southern Mexico
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900
The Maya culture collapses
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1300
A hunter/warrior tribe called the Aztecs moves to central Mexico
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1420
Portugal begins to map the coast of Africa
320 -
1430
The Incas rise to power in mountainous Chile
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1488
Bartolomeu Dias sails to Africa's southern tip
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1492
Columbus docks in the Americas for the first time
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1518
The first African slaves arrive in Europe
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1518
Ferdinand Magellan goes on a voyage around the world
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1521
Hernan Cortes goes and slaughters the Aztecs with Smallpox and cannons
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1533
Francisco Pizzaro goes to Peru and kills the Incas
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