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Period: 1800 BCE to 800
The Maya
The Mayas lived in the Él Peten region of Guatemala from 600 BCE to 800 CE. They were excellent builders and constructed magnificent cities and pyramids. They moved to the Yucatan peninsula around 800 CE. By the 1500s the Spanish had conquered most of the Mayas, but they still exist today as a distinct culture. -
Period: 1200 BCE to 600 BCE
The Olmecs
The Olmecs are believed to be the earliest Mesoamerican culture to develop an advanced civilization. They lived in the forests of Veracruz and Tabasco. They created beautiful and intricate artwork, such as gigantic stone heads. Scholars believe that overpopulation, warfare, and environmental degradation led to their demise. -
1095
Pope Urban calls for Crusades in Holy Land
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1200
Europe is a farming economy
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Period: 1200 to 1521
The Aztec
The Aztecs lived in present-day Mexico City. They created chinampas. Less than 100 years after the Aztec met the Spanish, they dissapeared. -
1271
Marco polo travels to the East
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1289
Crusades end
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1293
Polos journey home
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1298
Polo imprisoned and writes his book
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Period: 1300 to
The Renaissance
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Period: 1400 to 1532
The Inca
The Inca Empire stretched through Peru to Bolivia and Ecuador. They created a complex government. They had no written language. In 1532 the Spanish conquered the Inca. -
1415
Portuguese captured the fortress of Ceuta
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1419
Discovery of the Madeira islands
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1427
Discovery of the Azores islands
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1434
Prince Henrys ships made a successful return voyage
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1440
The printing press was invented
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1469
Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella
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1488
Bartolomue Días reached the eastern coast of South Africa
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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Colombus made landfall on an island he called Hispaniola
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1519
Cortes invades the Aztec
In 1519 Cortes set sail with 11 ships, 16 horses, several large fighting dogs, and 530 conquisadors. Cortes intened to conquer and colonize and the behalf of the king of spain and in the name of Chrisianity. -
1529
Pizarro invades the Inca
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1532
The Inca fall under Pizarro
The Inca had too few European weapons, and too few soldiers who could use them efficiently. The Incas were defeated in 1532. -
Thomas Hobbes writes The Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes wrote a book about his own perspective of the government, kings, and his beliefs about man. -
John Locke writes The Second Treatise on Government
John Locke wrote a book about his own perspective of the government, kings, and his beliefs about man. -
The United States declares Independence
The colonists wrote the declaration of independence to become free from the British crown and established the United States of America. -
France writes the Declaration of the Rights of Man
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Haiti gains independence
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Bolivar and his soldiers begin Venezuela’s fight for independence
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Bolivar’s Gran Columbia gains its independence
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Jose de San Martin frees Peru from Spain
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Mexico gains independence
