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30,000 BCE
Asian Hunters arrived in the Americas
Asian hunters crossed a land bridge while hunting. -
10,000 BCE
The land bridge closed
The land bridge used by hunters to cross to the Americas closed trapping them on the unknown continent. -
7000 BCE
Food in the Americas
In about 7000 BC people started to plant seeds for food in South America and Central Mexico -
Period: 1300 BCE to 400
Olmec Civilization
The olmec civilization existed between the years 1300 BC and 400BC. They lived in the Gulf Coast and what is now Southern Mexico -
1000 BCE
The first Mounds
Scientists have dated the first mounds to around 1000 BC -
800 BCE
The Aden People
The Aden people were hunters and gatherers in the Ohio Valley around 800 BC. They built the Great Snake mound in the shape of a giant snake winding across the ground. -
Period: 800 BCE to 100 BCE
Adena Culture
The Adena culture existed between 800 BC and 100 BC. They lived in the Ohio River Valley -
Period: 300 BCE to 909
Mayan Civilization
The Mayan civilization existed between 300BC and AD 909. They lived in what is now Southern Mexico and Guatemala. -
Period: 100 BCE to 500
The Hopewell Mound Builders
The Hopewell mound builders existed from 100BC and AD 500. They lived in large parts of North America -
Period: 1 CE to 1300
The Anasazi
The Anasazi culture existed from AD 1 to AD 1300. They were cliff dwellers who lived in Four Corners ( Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico) -
250
The height of the Mayan culture
During their height the Mayans dwelled in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize on the Yucatan Peninsula. -
Period: 700 to
The Mississippians
The Mississippian culture existed from AD 700 to AD 1600. The lived in the river valley of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio -
900
The End of The Mayans
Around AD 900 the Mayans disappeared for unknown reasons. -
Period: 1200 to 1520
The Aztecs
The Aztecs existed from AD 1200 to about AD 1520. They lived in what is today Mexico City -
Period: 1400 to 1572
The Incas
The Incan Culture existed from 1400 to 1572. Their capitol city was called Cuzco and was located in a valley in Peru -
1420
The Aztec Capitol
in AD 1420 the great city of Tenochtitlan emerged on an island in lake Texcoco (now part of Mexico City -
1438
The Incas
In 1438 the Incan emperor called Pachacuti came to power and started conquering neiboring communities -
1492
Christopher Columbus
In AD 1492 Christopher Columbus landed (by ship) in the Americas -
1500
The height of the Aztecs
With Montezuma as their ruler the Aztecs were at their height around AD 1500. They ruled 200,000 miles of land, had 25 million subjects, and 400,000 soldiers -
1520
The Fall of the Aztecs
Hernan Cortez found the Aztecs around 1519 and by 1520 the Aztecs were over taken by the Spanish thru war and small pox