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| Picture of a Maya settlement. |
1500-1000 B.C.
Earliest evidence of actual Maya settlements at Cuello, Santa Rita, and Colha in Norhtern Belize.
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| Classical Maya building style. |
300-900 A.D.
The Classic Period of the Maya is during these 600 years. The Maya refined the long-count calender and
developed a more advanced written language. All the Maya buildings that one can see now were built during this period.
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| Tenochtitlan. |
1325 A.D.
Aztecs found the city of Tenochtitlan on a marshy island in Lake Texcoco, which started the rise of Aztec glory in Mexico.
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| Montezuma. |
1502 A.D.
Montezuma is crowned king of the Aztec empire.
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| Ruins of Tenochtitlán. |
1521 A.D.
Spaniards come and conquer the city of Tenochtitlan, causing the severe decline of the Aztec civilization.
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