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Event trade Americas

Havana

1519 CE

Assembly point for Spanish treasure fleets — galleons loaded with New World gold and silver gathered here before crossing the Atlantic.

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Standing in 1519 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Inca Empire Polity · Americas 1438 CE – 1600 CE Tongan Maritime Power and Rivalries Conflict · Americas 1200 CE – 1600 CE Machu Picchu Landmark · Americas 1450 CE – still standing Aztec Triple Alliance Expansion Conflict · Americas 1428 CE – 1521 CE

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1514 CE Ottoman–Safavid Wars 1516 CE Ottoman-Mamluk War 1519 CE Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire 1519 CE Veracruz 1521 CE Cathedral of San Juan Bautista 1521 CE Fall of Tenochtitlán