Sterns Chapter 12

  • 900

    End of intermediate horizon and decline of Tiahuanaco and Huari

    End of intermediate horizon and decline of Tiahuanaco and Huari
    Included many civilizations in South America
  • Period: 900 to 1465

    Chimor Empire based on Chan-Chan on north coast of Peru

    Chimor was the political grouping of the Chimú culture that ruled the northern coast of Peru
  • 1150

    Fall of Tula, disintegration of Toltec Empire

    Fall of Tula, disintegration of Toltec Empire
    Tula is a Mesoamerican archeological site, which was an important regional center which reached its height as the capital of the Toltec Empire between the fall of Teotihuacan and the rise of Tenochtitlan
  • Period: 1200 to 1500

    Mississippian culture flourishes

    People are doing well in the Mississippian culture
  • 1325

    Aztecs established in central Mexico; Tenochtitlan founded

    Aztecs established in central Mexico; Tenochtitlan founded
    The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico
  • 1350

    Incas established in Cuzco area

    Incas established in Cuzco area
    The largest empire in pre-Columbian America
  • 1434

    Creation of triple alliance

    Creation of triple alliance
    The Aztecs, Texcoco, and Tlacopan joined forces to create the Triple Alliance.
  • Period: 1434 to 1471

    Great expansion under Inca Pachacuti

    Incas expand under Pachacuti
  • 1438

    Incas dominate Cuzco and southern highlands

    Incas expand and dominate more lands
  • Period: 1502 to 1520

    Region of Moctezuma II

    The ninth tlatoani or ruler of the Aztec Empire