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The Mayans built enormous stone sculptures called triadic structures. These structures were made of several pyramids. These triadic structures were used as temples.
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The Mayan population rose up to 250,000 people. This made the city one of the largest cities at the time.
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Many Mayan cities were abandoned completely. Archaeologists are not sure why. Power shifted between different Mayan cities.
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The Mayan civilization collapsed again. No one knows why, but it is theorized that it was due to warfare, drought, disease, and political instability.
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Mama Ocllo and Manco Capac founded Cuzco. Cuzco became the Inca's capital.
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The year that the Aztecs might've settled near Lake Texaco
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Year when the Aztecs created their main capital city, Tenochtitlan
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Pachacuti inherited the throne and he decided to split the empire into four provinces with one government at Cuzco.
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The predicted year in which the Aztecs sacrificed 84,000 people as a part of a religious ceremony. These people were mostly POWs and criminals
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Herman Cortes and the Spaniards arrived on the Gulf Coast. They allied with the Tlaxcala, a local tribe
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Francisco Pizarro, a Spaniard, decided to plan an expedition where he ended up encountering the Inca empire.
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This was the year that Cortes and the Spaniards took down the Aztecs in their capital (during this time, it is known that the Aztecs were a relatively strong community).
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Pizarro killed the 13th Sapa Inca who was held for ransom. Despite the fact that he received many riches, he still decided to kill Atahualpa.
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The Spaniards caught the last Sapa Inca and killed him. This led to the Inca empire fading away.
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The Spanish captured the last Mayan city in 1697. However, many villages were left untouched as they were very isolated.
