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30,000 BCE
Land Bridges
land bridges forming allowing people from Asia and Europe to cross in to Americas -
10,000 BCE
Land Bridges
Land Bridges were covered with water leaving hunters and gatherers in America. -
7000 BCE
planting
people started planting in what is now central Mexico -
Period: 1300 BCE to 400 BCE
Olmec
One of the first civilizations in America. They lived along the Gulf Coast of what is now southern Mexico. -
Period: 800 BCE to 100 BCE
Adena
These were one of the first mound builders. They lived along the Ohio River. -
Period: 300 BCE to 909
Mayan
They lived in what is now southern Mexico and Guatemala. Corn was their main food. -
Period: 100 BCE to 500
Hopewell Mound Builders
Mound builders who also lived along the Ohio River. -
Period: 200 to 1300
Anasazi
Lived in the Southwest. They used irrigation to water their farms in the desert. -
900
Mayan
Mayans disappeared for unknown reasons by AD900. -
1000
Cahokia
Mound builder group that lived along the Mississippi River. They built small, rounded piles of earth to bury their dead. -
1100
Aztecs
The Aztecs settled in the Valley of Mexico. -
1300
Anasazi
The Anasazi started leaving the pueblos and cliff dwellings for smaller communities. -
Period: 1400 to 1572
Incas
The Inca established their empire in southern Peru. They conquered neighboring people and the empire stretched from present day Ecuador to central Chile. -
1420
Aztecs
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. -
1438
Inca
Pachacuti became the Emperor of the Incan Empire. -
1492
Columbus
Columbus landed in the Americas. -
1519
Cortes
Cortes led his soldiers to the Aztec civilization. The invasion led to Montezuma's death. -
1532
Inca
The Inca Empire was weakened by civil war. -
1533
invasion
The Spanish invaded the Inca Empire. -
1572
Inca
The Inca Empire came to an end. The descendants of the Inca still live in Peru today.