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500
Mayan cities flourish in mesoamerica
The maya prosper -
1100
Inca found city of cuzco
The Inca construct their capital city -
1325
Aztec build tenochtitlan
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1400
Aztec empire reaches its height
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1420
Portugal begins mapping coasts of Africa
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1438
Pachacuti builds Inca empire
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1488
Diaz of Portugal sails into Africa's southern tip
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1492
Columbus reaches the Americas
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1518
first enslaved Africans brought to America
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1520
Magellan's expedition sails around the world
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1533
Pizarro conquers the Inca
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1570
Eastern woodlands peoples form iriqouis Confederacy
