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