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500
Mayan cities flourish in the Mesoamerica.
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1100
Inca formed the city of Cuzco
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1325
Aztec people built the the city of Tenochtitlan.
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1400
Aztec empire reaches their peak.
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1420
Portugal starts to map the coast of Africa
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1438
Pachacuti starts the Inca empire
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1488
Dias of Portugal sails to Africa's southern tip
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1492
Columbus reaches North America
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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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1570
Eastern woodland people form Iroquois confederacy
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Pizarro conquers the Inca empire
