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7000 BCE
FIRST FARMING IN SOUTH AMERICA
People in South America first began to plant seeds and grow food. -
Period: 1300 BCE to 400 BCE
OLMEC
The Olmec civilization rose in 1300 BCE and fell in 400 BCE Location:gulf coast and southern Mexico -
1000 BCE
FIRST MOUNDS BUILT
The Mound Builders build the first mounds. -
Period: 1000 BCE to 500
MOUND BUILDERS
Location:Ohio valley -
808 BCE
ADENA MOUND BUILDERS
Adena 808 BC began to build the Great Serpent Mound -
Period: 300 BCE to 909
MAYAN
Location:Yucantan peninsula -
Period: 1 CE to 1308
ANASAZI
Location:South west 4 corners -
Period: 700 to
MISSISSIPPIANS
Mississippi river valley -
900
MAYAN DISAPPEARED
The Mayan civilization disappeared in 900 AD -
900
MISSISSIPPIANS CITY OF CAHOKIA
cahokia-900 AD- Illinois St. Louis, MISSOURI
Cahokia covered 6 square miles and included 120 manmade earthen mounds in a wide range of sizes and shapes. -
Period: 1000 to 1500
INUIT
northern part of North America -
Period: 1100 to 1519
AZTEC
Location:valley of Mexico then moved to Tenochitilan "Land of Prickly Pear." -
1300
ANASAZI LEAVE CLIFF HOMES
Anasazi people left their cliff homes, most likely because of drought -
1400
INCA Francisco Pizarro
1532 Francisco Pizarro invaded and 1572 Empire ended -
Period: 1400 to 1572
INCA
Location: Southern Peru -
1420
AZTEC CITY of TENOCHTITLAN
By AD 1420, the great city of Tenochtitlan emerged on an island in Lake Texcoco, now part of Mexico City -
1428
AZTEC LEADER ITZCOATL
The Aztec leader, Itzcoatl, helped the Aztecs form a three way alliance with the Texcocans and the Tacubans to fight their rivals. -
1438
INCA EMPEROR PACHACUTI
The Inca Emperor Pachacuti took power and conquered the neighboring communities increasing the Inca's control. -
1519
AZTEC Hernando Cortes
1519 Hernando Cortes, Spanish Conquistador, invaded
and spread his Spanish germs. -
1521
AZTECS DEFEATED
In only 2 years the Aztec empire had been defeated by the Spanish -
1533
INCAS INVADED BY SPANISH
In 1533 the Spanish invaded the Inca empire. -
1572
INCA EMPIRE ENDED
By 1572 the Inca Empire had ended after the Spanish invaded.
