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1200- The Aztecs arrive in the valley of mexico
1350 - The Aztecs begin to build causeways and canals around Tenochtitlan.
1375 - The first dominant ruler of the Aztecs, Acamapichtli, comes into power. They call their ruler the Tlatoani which means "speaker".
1427 - Itzcoatl becomes the fourth ruler of the Aztecs. He will found the Aztec Empire.
1487 - The Tempo Mayor (Great Temple of Tenochtitlan) is finished. It is dedicated to the gods with thousands of human sacrifices.
1502 - Montezuma II becomes ruler of the Aztec Empire. He is the ninth of the Aztec kings.
1517 - The Aztec priests mark the sighting of a comet in the night sky. They believe the comet was a sign of impending doom.
1519 - Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes arrives in Tenochtitlan. The Aztecs treat him as an honored guest, but Cortez takes Montezuma II prisoner. Cortez is driven from the city, but Montezuma II is killed.
1520 - Cuauhtémoc becomes the tenth emperor of the Aztecs.1522 - The Spanish begin to rebuild the city of Tenochtitlan. It will be called Mexico City and will be the capital of New Spain.

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1519-
Seventeen major floods have struck the city since 1519
1519-
Aztec ceremony it was transformed first into a place for the Actos de Fe of the Inquisition, then into an arena for bull-fighting, then a market, and finally into the current site of the Supreme Court
1524-
The earliest map is the Nuremberg or Cortes map of 1524, drawn for the conquistador Cortés, possibly by a local resident

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CORTES
1513-  After the expedition led by Vasco Núñez de Balboa who crossed Central America to reach the Pacific ocean

1504- Left Spain for the island of Hispaniola

1511- Joined an expedition to conquer cuba  he was also appointed secretary to the island's first colonial governor, Diego Velázquez

1518- Velázquez appointed his secretary to lead an expedition to Mexico

1519- he went into to war and then disobeyed the governor’s orders, and turn what had been intended to be an exploratory mission into a historic military conquest

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1200- The Aztecs arrive in the valley of Mexico
1325- The Aztecs found the city of Mexica
1511- Cort joined an expedition to conquer Cuba
1513- The expedition to reach the Pacific started
1519- The Cholula massacre
1519- Cortés arrives in Tenochtitlan
1519- Cortés takes Montezuma II prisoner
1520- The battle of Cempoala
1521- Cortés overthrew the Aztec Empire
1541- Cortés died in a village Sevilla, Spain

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A god they believed in was a fathered snake that was a transgressor of the earth and sky, it was known to have created man kind 

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A god they believed in was a fathered snake that was a transgressor of the earth and sky, it was known to have created man kind 

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250 CE - 950 CE

The Classic Maya Period which saw the height of the Maya Civilization in cities such as Chichen Itza, Palenque, Tikal, Copan and Uxmal.
750 CE - c. 1200 CE

Chichen Itza flourishes in Yucatan, Mexico.
800 CE - c. 1000 CE

First monumental building phase at Chichen Itza.
1000 CE - c. 1200 CE

Second monumental building phase at Chichen itza.
1200 CE

Mayapan replaces Chichen Itza as the regional capital.

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timeline
early 400 A.Ds-  Chichen Itza was claimed to be built

600 A.D- economic activity in the Mayan culture

1900s-the site of human sacrifice, the cenote was dredged

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1200- The Aztecs arrive in the valley of Mexico
1325-Aztecs found the city of Mexico
1513- expedition to reach the Pacific started
1519- The Cholula massacre
1519- Cortés takes Montezuma II prisoner
1520- The battle of Cempoala
1521- Cortés overthrew the Aztec Empire
1541- Cortés died in a village Sevilla, Spain

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A.D. 750- The stepped pyramids, temples, columned arcades, and other stone structures of Chichén Itzá were sacred to the Maya and a sophisticated urban center of their empire from A.D. 750 to 1200

They then built 365 stairs for every day of the year

they got so advanced they could predict solar eclipses