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|+Pre-Columbian Americas Timeline | |+Pre-Columbian Americas Timeline | ||
!Dates | !<small>Dates</small> | ||
!Event | !<small>Event</small> | ||
!Notes | !<small>Notes</small> | ||
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|29,000 BC | |<small>29,000 BC</small> | ||
|Evidence of human activity of Yana River area in Siberia (regions not under the ice sheets due to lack of precipitation) | |<small>Evidence of human activity of Yana River area in Siberia (regions not under the ice sheets due to lack of precipitation)</small> | ||
|Near Baltic Sea | |<small>Near Baltic Sea</small> | ||
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|26,000-23,000 | |<small>26,000-23,000</small> | ||
|Last Glacial Maximum (greatest extent of ice sheets | |<small>Last Glacial Maximum (greatest extent of ice sheets</small> | ||
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|24,000 | |<small>24,000</small> | ||
|Footprints dating | |<small>Footprints dating</small> | ||
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|13,000-3,000 | |<small>13,000-3,000</small> | ||
|Peopling of the Americas | |<small>Peopling of the Americas</small> | ||
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|12,000 | |<small>12,000</small> | ||
|Clovis culture introduced in North America | |<small>Clovis culture introduced in North America</small> | ||
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|6,000 | |<small>6,000</small> | ||
|domestication of maize (corn) in Mesoamerica | |<small>domestication of maize (corn) in Mesoamerica</small> | ||
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|600-1140 AD | |<small>600-1140 AD</small> | ||
|Pueblo culture thrives in American Southwest; moved from cliff dwellings to complex villages, 700-900 AD; droughts starting 1130 led to decline and abandonment of Chaco Canyon | |<small>Pueblo culture thrives in American Southwest; moved from cliff dwellings to complex villages, 700-900 AD; droughts starting 1130 led to decline and abandonment of Chaco Canyon</small> | ||
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|1000-1350 | |<small>1000-1350</small> | ||
|Mississippian culture; decline in urbanization starting 1250, possibly as result of disease, warfare, deforestation, and climate change (Little Ice Age droughts) | |<small>Mississippian culture; decline in urbanization starting 1250, possibly as result of disease, warfare, deforestation, and climate change (Little Ice Age droughts)</small> | ||
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|1325 | |<small>1325</small> | ||
|Aztec capital established at Tenochtitlán (modern Mexico City) | |<small>Aztec capital established at Tenochtitlán (modern Mexico City)</small> | ||
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|<small>1492</small> | |||
|<small>Columbus's first voyage</small> | |||
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