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land bridges forming allowing people from Asia and Europe to cross in to Americas
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Land Bridges were covered with water leaving hunters and gatherers in America.
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people started planting in what is now central Mexico
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One of the first civilizations in America. They lived along the Gulf Coast of what is now southern Mexico.
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These were one of the first mound builders. They lived along the Ohio River.
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They lived in what is now southern Mexico and Guatemala. Corn was their main food.
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Mound builders who also lived along the Ohio River.
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Lived in the Southwest. They used irrigation to water their farms in the desert.
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Mayans disappeared for unknown reasons by AD900.
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Mound builder group that lived along the Mississippi River. They built small, rounded piles of earth to bury their dead.
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The Aztecs settled in the Valley of Mexico.
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The Anasazi started leaving the pueblos and cliff dwellings for smaller communities.
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The Inca established their empire in southern Peru. They conquered neighboring people and the empire stretched from present day Ecuador to central Chile.
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The Aztecs moved to Lake Texcoco. The city of Tenochtitlan emerged. Tenochtitlan means "land of prickly pear cactus". Aztec culture is still in the Mexican culture today.
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Pachacuti became the Emperor of the Incan Empire.
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Columbus landed in the Americas.
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Cortes led his soldiers to the Aztec civilization. The invasion led to Montezuma's death.
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The Inca Empire was weakened by civil war.
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The Spanish invaded the Inca Empire.
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The Inca Empire came to an end. The descendants of the Inca still live in Peru today.