Latin America

By djmac
  • Period: 200 to

    Latin America From A.D. 200 To 1600

  • 250

    Beginning of the Mayan Empire

  • Jan 1, 1100

    Arrival of the Aztecs in the Valley of Mexico

  • Jan 1, 1200

    The Incas Settle in Cuzco, Later to be the Capital of Incan Empire

    Cuzco later became the capital city of the Incan Empire. During this time, the Incans conquered many people. They also took control of the Cuzco Valley.
  • Jan 1, 1325

    The Aztecs Settle in the Middle of Lake Texcoco

    The island that they settle on was in the middle of a swampy marshy lake. They made all of this into a big and wonderful city. This city was Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire.
  • Jan 1, 1420

    The Aztec Empire Becomes Bigger and Succeeds.

  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus Discovers America

    Christopher Columbus set sail for Asia but he ended up in America. He thought that he had reached the East Indies.
  • Jan 1, 1519

    The Conquistador Hernan Cortes Comes to Mexico

    Hernan Cortes was a Spanish conquistador. He was going to conquer the Aztecs to get all their treasures. He found many rivaling tribes that were willing to take on the Aztecs. First, Cortes went to take on the capital Tenochtitlan. The spies saw him and the Emperor willingly gave him the Empire because the Emperor thought that Cortes was a "god".
  • Dec 31, 1521

    Cortes Defeats the Aztecs

    Cortes first, siezed the Aztecs Emperor as a hostage. Then, Cortes had killed some Aztecs and the Aztec Empire rebelled against the Spanish conquistador. In the end of all the fighting, the Spanish had killed 240,000 Aztecs. The Aztecs had killed 30,000 of the people who had helped him. Cortes had finally conquered the Aztecs.
  • Jan 1, 1535

    Conquistador Francisco Pizarro Conquers the Incan Empire

    Francisco Pizarro captured and killed several Incan leaders including the Incan Emperor. Pizarro had captured the Incan Empire even Cuzco was captured by the Incans.

  • Disappearance of the Mayan Empire

    No one is really sure what caused the disappearance of the Mayans. I could have been anything like war against other tribes, deadly diseases, all of their crops might have ceased to grow, there might have been a very bad famine, or there could have been a big drought that might have come over the Mayans. People are still questioning the disappearance of the Mayans. Though the cities were beginning to disappear, some Mayans are still living to this day. Millions of Mayans are still alive.