Toltecs

  • Toltecs
    3000 BCE

    Toltecs

    Toltecs succesors
    Crcated an empire
  • Mexicas
    1216 BCE

    Mexicas

    Mexicas settled in chapultepec
  • Mayas
    900

    Mayas

    The height of the Maya civilization, marked by advanced astronomy, mathematics, and large city-states across the Yucatán Peninsula.
  • Aztecs
    1200

    Aztecs

    Around 13th
    Century aztecs
    Entered to the valley of mexico
  • Olmecs
    1316

    Olmecs

    Had a real monarchy
  • Tenochtitlan
    1325

    Tenochtitlan

    Founding of Tenochtitlán by the Mexica (Aztec) people on Lake Texcoco, which eventually becomes the capital of a powerful empire across central Mexico.
  • Start of spanish arrival
    1519

    Start of spanish arrival

    Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico. Over the next two years, he forms alliances with Indigenous groups opposed to Aztec rule.
  • Fall of tenochtitlan
    1521

    Fall of tenochtitlan

    Fall of Tenochtitlán; the Spanish, with Indigenous allies, conquer the Aztec Empire. This event marks the beginning of colonial rule in Mexico and the decline of Indigenous political autonomy.