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378 BCE
Teotihuacans first interaction with Tikal
The externalist perspective portrays Teotihuacan as a dominant center that Teotihuacan forced its culture onto the Maya region by conquering various sites. -
200 BCE
Teotihuacan dominates as an important religious and cultural center.
200-900 CE Teotihuacan dominates as an important religious and cultural center. The leader at the time known as Spearthtower Owl led Teotihuacan to become an important religious and cultural center. -
150 BCE
Teotihuacan is settled
During the golden age, Teotihuacan was the most influential and the most revered city in the history of the new world. Teotihuacan benifited from a great supply of spring water. -
150 BCE
The Aztecs enter
Teotihuacan became an important city to the Aztecs. They admitted they were in awe of it, and they incorporated it into their own religion and history by claiming that the current world had begun in the city. Montezuma II is the leader of the aztecs. -
100 BCE
The pyramid of sun was built
The pyramid of sun is the largest building in Teotihuacan, one of the largest in Mesoamerica. the length of the pyramid is 720 feet, it is 230 meters wide, and 216 feet tall. The original purpose of the pyramid is unknown, however, archeologists believe that it could be because of the altar at the top. -
16 BCE
the city of Tenochtitlan
Although the city was destroyed and over the following centuries extensively built over, the chroniclers of the 16th century CE, fortunately, recorded in great detail the buildings and works of art that had once made Tenochtitlan (16th century ce) -
5 BCE
speerthrower owl
Spearthrower Owl is the name given to a Mesoamerican guy from the Early Classic period, who is identified in Maya inscriptions and iconography. Mayanist David Stuart has said that Spearthrower Owl was a ruler of Teotihuacan at the start of the height of its influence across Mesoamerica in the 4th and or 5th century and that he was responsible for an intense period of Teotihuacan presence in the Maya area, including the conquest of Tikal in 378 CE. -
600
Teotihuacan is deliberately destroyed by fire
in 600 AD the poor set fire to major buildings, artwork, and religious sculptures. By the time the Aztecs found Teotihuacan in the 1400s it had already been abandoned for centuries. -
694
the temple mayor
The Great Temple or Temple Mayor (called Hueteocalli by the Aztecs) takes centre stage in the sacred precinct. On top of the 60 m high pyramid platform, reached by two flights of steps, were two twin temples. -
750
Tenochtitlan
Tenochtitlan is different than Teotihuacan. Although many people mix them up. Teotihuacan 150 B.C. - A.D. 750 is an older city than Tenochtitlan A.D. 1325–1521, in a completely different place and inhabited by totally separate people. Tenochtitlan was where present day Mexico City is. It was the home of the “Aztecs” -
1345
Tenochtitlan in mythology
In Aztec mythology, the founders of the city migrated from the legendary Aztlán cave in the northwest desert which involved a protracted journey that eventually led to Lake Texcoco. -
1521
Battle of Tenochtitlán
22 May–13 August 1521. In October 1520 an epidemic of smallpox, a disease brought to Mexico by the Spanish, decimated the population in Tenochtitlán and killed the ruler Cuitláhuac. He was replaced by Cuauhtémoc; many others died of starvation. -
1521
Spanish beats Tenochtitlan
The Fall of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, was a decisive event in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. -
1521
the destruction of Tenochtitlan
When the Spanish arrived at Tenochtitlan, their leader Cortés had only 500 men and fewer than 20 horses at his disposal. However, by recruiting allies such as the Tlaxcalans, he was able to lay siege to the city which would eventually fall on the 13th of August 1521 CE. -
Teotihuacan today
Today, the city is the subject of continued research and a steady stream of tourists and curious or religious travelers. For a small fee, you can explore the great avenue, climb the two great temples, visit the temple of the feathered serpent, and investigate many other structures.
