mesoamerica

By waska03
  • mayan
    2000 BCE

    mayan

    2000BC- The Maya never formed an empire and instead stayed split up into various states shared a culture, language group, and religious beliefs, which manes them a unfied civilization in the eyes of historians.
  • Inca
    1572 BCE

    Inca

    The Spaniards caught Tupac Amaru the last Sapa Inca. They excuted him on September 24. From that day on the Inca empire faded away and became a thing of the past.
  • Inca
    1526 BCE

    Inca

    A Spaniard the name of Francisco Pizzarro organized an expedition so he wanted to find a place full of gold so he send Z ships with 160 men with him as they go they found Inca Empire they received warm welcomes.
  • Aztec
    1519 BCE

    Aztec

    Herman Cortes and his fellow spaniards landed on the Gulf coast. They allied themselves with a local tribe called Tlaxcala together they sacked the capitol city of Tenochtitlan.
  • Aztec
    1487 BCE

    Aztec

    At a religious celebration Aztecs were said to have offered the lives of 84,400 people (mainly criminals and pows) over a period of four days. It meant that they would have to execute 15 people per minute non-stop 4 days straight.
  • Aztec
    1325 BCE

    Aztec

    the Aztecs have found Tenochtitlan fro the better because they've have made vegetables like corn, and tomatoes using this method they were able to reclaim enough land to support the ever growing population
  • Aztec
    1250 BCE

    Aztec

    The Aztecs had a mysterious past, but they thought they seen an eagle devouring a snake while perching a top a cactus. most importantly around the 12th century they kicked out Aztecs out of their homes for no reason, and now they settled in near lake Texcoco.
  • Inca
    1230 BCE

    Inca

    Sapa Inca ruled the Inca Empire from around 1230 to 1260. To most historians the story of Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo was a mix and fiction on the other hand they didn't even know if they ever existed.
  • Inca
    1200 BCE

    Inca

    They had Golden Rod. it was a special Golden Rod that Manco Capac and his daughter Mama Ocllo if they stopped for rest they had to push it to the ground and that's how they were trying to protect it.
  • Mayan
    500 BCE

    Mayan

    500BC the Maya started building enormous stone complexes known as tradiac structures. They were made up with several tall pyramids surrounded by lower buildings, these text structures were usually used as temples.
  • Mayan
    300 BCE

    Mayan

    300BC 250,000 people lived in El Mirador around this time. it is the largest city Archeologists have discovered that the people who built the city were very good urban planners in fact many of the temples were set up in specific ways to align with the sun and stars.
  • Mayan
    150

    Mayan

    150AD all of sudden many Maya cities including El Mirador were completely over the next hundred years power shifted between the difference cities of Maya mostly through warfare and trade.
  • Mayan
    900

    Mayan

    900AD large parts of the Maya civilizations collapsed again they moved toward the coast the best theories are warfare, drought, disease and political instability.
  • Inca
    1438

    Inca

    Pachacuti ascended to the throne as the kingdom grew increasly large Pachacuti set up federal government at Cuzco and divided the empire into four provinces. In the mean time he passed away his son took over and the Inca Empire could not last forever.
  • Aztec
    1531

    Aztec

    Brought the mighty Aztec Empire to its knees.