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Events relating to america
The earth drawings of the Nazca people, known now as the Nazca Lines, are some of the largest works of art ever created
The Mochica develop a civilization, in the north of modern Peru, known for its realistic pottery sculpture
The earliest inscriptions in an American script are those of the Zapotecs, from about this period
The Maya independently develop the concept of place value in numbers, previously pioneered in Babylon
The Maya introduce a calendar which has a cycle of fifty-two years, known as the Calendar Round
Teotihuacan, the dominant city in the northern highlands of central America, introduces the god Quetzalcoatl
The potato is cultivated in the Peruvian Andes
The temple city of Tikal is one of many Mayan city states of the Classic period
The city of Tiwanaku develops to the south of Lake Titicaca, and soon dominates the surrounding region
Beans are gathered by the Maya from wild cocoa trees and are probably used in a chocolate drink
Mayan priests feature in stone carvings smoking pipes and puffing the smoke towards the sacred sun
The quipu is used in the Wari culture and becomes the standard recording device of the Andean civilizations
Batán Grande, in northern Peru, becomes a great pilgrimage centre in the Sican culture
Chan Chan, today the largest of the ruined Andean cities, dominates the entire length of Peru
Toltecs move into the valley of Mexico from the north and establish a capital city at Tula
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.
Eric Thorvaldsson, or Eric the Red, sails to Greenland when he is exiled from Iceland
The Mayan city of Chichén Itzá is captured by the Toltecs
Leif Ericsson claims to have made landfall at three places in north America, one of which he names Vinland - the land of wine
Man-eating Caribs move into the islands around the sea named after them - the Caribbean
The Inca ethnic group migrates into the region of the Cuzco valley in Peru
Thorfinn Karlsefni leads an expedition to north America, traces of which may survive in a longhouse at L'Anse aux Meadows
The Aztecs begin to move south from their original home, which they call Aztlan, somewhere in northern Mexico
The Aztecs settle on an uninhabited island in a lake, which they name Tenochtitlan — the site of the modern Mexico City
The Viking settlement in Greenland ends, after 400 years, when the last ship leaves the colony and sails for Norway
