The Americas and Oceania Timeline By dannykharaev Period: 950 to 1150 High Point of the Toltec empire Period: 1001 to 1100 (11th Century) Beginning of population growth in Pacific islands Period: 1101 to 1200 (12th Century)Beginning of two-way voyages between Hawai'i and Tahiti and the Marquesas islands 1175 Collapse of the Toltec empire Period: 1201 to 1300 (13th Century)Emergence of distinct social classes and chiefly states 1250 Inca settlement near Cuzco Period: 1301 to 1400 (14th Century)Construction of fishponds in Hawai'i 1345 Foundation of Tenochtitlan by the Mexica 1400 Emergence of the five Iroquois nations Period: 1428 to 1440 Reign of the Aztec ruler Itzcóatl Period: 1438 to 1471 Reign of the Inca ruler Pachacuti Period: 1440 to 1469 Reign of the Aztec ruler Motecuzoma I Period: 1502 to 1520 Reign of the Aztec ruler Motecuzoma II 1519 Arrival of Spanish conquerors in Mexico