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The Olmec civilization develops along Mexico's Gulf coast -
Ancestral Pueblo peoples live in large complexes of stone dwellings in the four corners region -
The Inca settle in the Cuzco Valley -
Aztecs found the city of Tenochtitlan and began to gain power -
Portuguese explore the coast of Africa -
Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean -
Spanish conquer Aztec and Incan empires in South America -
Magellan's expedition circumnavigate the globe -
The Incan empire falls to Spanish invaders in Western South America -
English Colonist's found Jamestown -
First enslaved Africans arrive in Virginia -
The Treaty of Paris written at Palace of Versailles ends the French and Indian War