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People in the area began forming villages and farming.
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Farming villages began to show up across the Maya region.
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The Maya start a government by kings.
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Teotihuacan, a city state, rules over the Maya highlands.
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Aztecs leave their homeland and head south.
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The Inca tribe founded the city of Cuzco, which will become the capital and birthplace of the empire.
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Tenochtitlan, the future capital of the Aztec empire, is founded.
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Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui becomes leader of the Inca and begins to expand the control of the empire. Machu Picchu is built.
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Moctezuma I rules the Aztec empire and expands its power.
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Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes defeats the Aztecs and takes over the capital, Tenochtitlan.
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Many of the city states are conquered by the Spanish.
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The Spanish execute the last Inca emperor, Tupac Amaru, to end the Inca empire.