FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
PRE COLUMBIAN AMERICA
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Olmec
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Toltec
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Maya
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Inca
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Inca, like the Aztec, built an empire through conquest. From about 1438 to 1525, the Inca ruled an empire that stretched from Ecuador through parts of Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina.
Detailed explanation-2: -By 1519, the Aztec cycle of conquest and exploitation was at its peak. More and more conquered peoples provided tribute, the basis of the Aztecs’ immense wealth.
Detailed explanation-3: -Though the Aztecs in Mexico and the Incas in Peru built empires at much the same time, it seems they never knew of each other’s existence.
Detailed explanation-4: -Moctezuma ruled the Aztec Empire, which was at the height of its power in the early 1500s. Moctezuma’s capital, Tenochtitlán, was built in the middle of Lake Texcoco near the presentday site of Mexico City.