Chinampas! By jmckenzie14 Period: May 2, 1300 to May 2, 1600 Renaissance May 2, 1325 Tenochtitlan settled Period: May 2, 1325 to May 2, 1521 Aztec Empire Period: May 2, 1438 to May 2, 1533 Incan Empire May 2, 1453 Fall of Byzantine empire Period: May 2, 1462 to May 2, 1505 Ivan the Great- Russia May 2, 1492 Columbus sails the ocean blue May 2, 1497 Vasco Da Gama gets to Africa May 2, 1519 Cortes arrives in the new world