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~20K BC
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Asians cross the Bering Strait into the Americas: first humans in America
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4000 BC
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Cultivation of maize begins in Mexico
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300 BC
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Beginning of Teotihuacan civilization in the Valley of Mexico
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200 AD
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Beginning of Classical Mexican civilizations (until 750): Teotihuacan in the Valley of Mexico, Monte Alban in Oaxaca
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300
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Beginning of Classical Mayan civilization on the Yucatan Peninsula (to 900); Mayans invent paper, the solar calendar, the place system, and writing
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600
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Huari and Tiahuanaco peoples in the Andes
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950
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Beginning of the Toltec civilization in Tula, Mexico; invade the Mayan city of Chichen Itza
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1325
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Aztec capital Tenochtitlán founded (what is now Mexico City)
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1350
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Beginning of Inca Empire in Peru (until 1533)
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1428
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Beginning of great Aztec conquests (until 1519)
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1519
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Defeat of Aztec Empire by Cortes
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1533
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Defeat of Inca Empire by Pizarro
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