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Events relating to america
The rulers of Tenochtitlan join with two other neighbouring kingdoms to form the Aztec Triple Alliance
After a decisive victory over the Chanca people, a young Inca prince seizes the throne in Peru and takes the name Pachacuti
Cuzco, city of the Incas, grows rapidly in power after Pachacuti ('transformer of the earth') becomes emperor
The massive architecture of the Incas, consisting of finely dressed irregular blocks of stone, becomes a feature of Cuzco
The most sacred of the Inca divinities, Punchao, is symbolized by a great golden disc representing the sun
The Chimu empire in Peru is conquered by the Incas under the leadership of Pachacuti's son Topa
Topa succeeds his father, Pachacuti, as emperor of the Incas
When the enlarged pyramid at Tenochtitlan is dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec sacrifice of human victims lasts for four days
The Inca empire is extended to the north and a second capital is established at Quito
The world's first globe is published by Martin Behaim without showing America, in the very year of Columbus' voyage
After sailing for five weeks from the Canaries, Columbus and the Pinzón brothers step ashore in the Bahamas
Columbus and his fellow explorers make landfall on the largest of the Caribbean islands, Cuba
On Topa's death his son Huayna Capac succeeds to the throne as Inca emperor
Pope Alexander VI draws a line through the Atlantic, dividing new discoveries between Spain (west) and Portugal (east)
In negotiations about the New World at Tordesillas, the king of Portugal insists on a new demarcation line which later brings him Brazil
Diego Columbus, brother of the explorer, establishes the first secure Spanish colony at Santo Domingo
Henry VII commissions the Italian navigator John Cabot to cross the Atlantic in search of new territories for England
John Cabot, searching for a trade route to China, probably reaches Newfoundland
Even the remote city of Machu Picchu, on its peak above the jungle, is built in the massively precise Inca style of masonry
The female mamakuna and the male yanakuna are selected in childhood to serve the Inca state
Portuguese explorer Pedro Cabral, with a fleet of thirteen ships, makes landfall in Brazil
The Inca empire has about 25,000 miles of well-serviced roads, designed for caravans of llamas
European diseases bring death on a massive scale to an American population that has no immunity
In Cuzco's great temple, the sacrifices are usually of llamas, occasionally of humans
Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci sets sail from Lisbon to explore to the south of the New World
