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HISTORICAL EVENTS IN GUATEMALA

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  • The Spanish Conquistadors
    Sep 6, 1520

    The Spanish Conquistadors

    The later civilisations of South America abruptly ended in 1535 when the Spanish conquistadors seized control
  • South America - Mesoamerican CivilisationsHistory Timeline & Facts
    Sep 15, 1523

    South America - Mesoamerican CivilisationsHistory Timeline & Facts

    Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado led a Spanish expedition from Mexico and invaded Guatemala
  • Concise Guatemalan Facts, History & Timeline
    Sep 17, 1540

    Concise Guatemalan Facts, History & Timeline

    Indigenous Guatemalan population crushed and Guatemala becomes a Spanish colony under the control of the Captaincy General of Guatemala
  • The Aztec Empire & Civilisation

    The Aztec Empire & Civilisation

    The Aztec rose to power in Mexico during the 12th and 13th centuries and remained in control until the arrival of the Spaniards in the 16th Century
  • Concise Guatemalan Facts, History & Timeline

    Concise Guatemalan Facts, History & Timeline

    Spain encompassed all of its territories in south-east South America to create one large colony called the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata
  • Concise Guatemalan Facts, History & Timeline

    Concise Guatemalan Facts, History & Timeline

    Overthrow of the king of Spain by Napoleon
  • The Inca Empire & Civilisation

    The Inca Empire & Civilisation

    The empire of the Incas covered Peru, Bolivia, northern Argentina, Chile, and Ecuador. The amazing rise of the Incas was achieved in less than one hundred years and covered an area of nearly 400,000 square miles
  • The Toltec Empire & Civilisation

    The Toltec Empire & Civilisation

    The Toltecs ruled Mexico and Guatemala from the 10th to the 12th century
  • The Olmec

    The Olmec

    The Olmec were the first true civilisation of South America and were the ancestors of the later cultures
  • MESOAMERICAN WRITING SYSTEMS

    MESOAMERICAN WRITING SYSTEMS

    Writing systems can be classified into several types, including: pictographic, ideographic, logographic, syllabic, and alphabetic (Sharer 1994:604). Pictographic writing systems are designed to "represent words, ideas, or groups of words or ideas by means of elements that visually portray their associated meanings (for example a box for a house, or a stick figure for a human being)" (Id. at 605). Ideographic writing systems represent words, ideas or groups of same "by means of elements whose rel