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| c. 100 |
| | Teotihuacan, the dominant city in the northern highlands of central America, introduces the god Quetzalcoatl | |
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| c. 500 |
| | The temple city of Tikal is one of many Mayan city states of the Classic period | |
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| c. 500 |
| | Beans are gathered by the Maya from wild cocoa trees and are probably used in a chocolate drink | |
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| c. 500 |
| | Mayan priests feature in stone carvings smoking pipes and puffing the smoke towards the sacred sun | |
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| c. 950 |
| | Toltecs move into the valley of Mexico from the north and establish a capital city at Tula | |
| | Tula, Mexico Fotofile CG
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| c. 960 |
| | A fair-skinned and bearded king, by the name of Quetzalcoatl, is exiled from Tula but says that he will be back in a 'One Reed' year. | |
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| 987 |
| | The Mayan city of Chichén Itzá is captured by the Toltecs | |
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| c. 1150 |
| | The Aztecs begin to move south from their original home, which they call Aztlan, somewhere in northern Mexico | |
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| c. 1345 |
| | The Aztecs settle on an uninhabited island in a lake, which they name Tenochtitlan — the site of the modern Mexico City | |
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| 1434 |
| | The rulers of Tenochtitlan join with two other neighbouring kingdoms to form the Aztec Triple Alliance | |
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