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Chapter Chronology

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Chronology

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ca. 40,000-13,000 B.C.E. Initial human migration to the Americas
ca. 5000 B.C.E. Intensification of agriculture
ca. 2000 B.C.E. Earliest mound building in North America
ca. 1500–300 B.C.E. Olmec culture
ca. 1200 B.C.E. Emergence of Chavín culture in the Andes
ca. 100–800 C.E. Moche culture
ca. 300–650 C.E. Peak of Teotihuacan’s influence
ca. 600–900 C.E. Peak of Maya culture
ca. 1050–1250 C.E. Construction of mounds at Cahokia
ca. 1325 C.E. Construction of Aztec city of Tenochtitlan begins
ca. 1428–1521 C.E. Aztec Empire dominates Mesoamerica
ca. 1438–1532 C.E. Inca Empire dominates the Andes