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The small Mayan communities begin to grow larger.
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Pacal was crowned king of Palenque and begins building new monuments
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The Mayan cities began to be abandoned due to failing crops, lack of clean water, and disease
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The Incan empire was founded
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The chiefs daughter was skinned for human sacrifice by the Aztecs which cause them to be banished
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Aztecs declare war on Tepanecs. They collaborated with Nezdoqwota and become the leader tribe of Mexico.
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Pachacuti rose to the throne and the empire began a quick series of expansions. The empire split into four provinces.
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The Spaniards arrive to the abandoned Mayan cities
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Cortez lands on the Gulf of Mexico and starts moving towards Tenochtitlan. He arrives there during the fall.
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The Spanish stop a sacrifice and killed everyone taking part in it. The Aztec people became mad and killed 400 Spaniards and their allies, when they tried to escape.
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Cortez conquers Tenochtitlan and the last Aztec leader is killed.
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Francisco Pizarro met Atahualpa, the current Sapa Inca, then attacked and held him captive that same year.
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Manco Inca, the Sapa Inca, rebelled against Spanish rule and waged guerilla warfare to reclaim land for the next forty years.
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The Spaniards caught the last Sapa Inca, Tupac Amaru, and Inca culture died out.
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Diego de Landa burned sacred Mayan texts and only four survive today.
