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Landmark Americas archaeological

El Tajín

600 BCE – 1230 CE · 1,830 years

Mesoamerican city in Veracruz famous for the Pyramid of the Niches with 365 window-like recesses, capital of the Classic Veracruz culture

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–700 BCE)
  2. Maize farmers (500 BCE–400 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. No border recorded here in this snapshot (323 BCE–300 BCE)
  4. Maize farmers (200 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. No border recorded here in this snapshot (100 BCE–400 CE)
  6. Veracruz civilization (500 CE–700 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Mesoamerican city-states and chiefdoms (800 CE–1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  8. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1279 CE–1400 CE)
  9. Totonaco (1492 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  10. Aztec Empire (1500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  11. New Spain (1530 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  12. Vice-Royalty of New Spain (1600 CE–1815 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  13. Mexico (1880 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
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  • Approximate

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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Chichen Itza

600 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Chorrera

Attested 1500 BCE – 100 BCE

Trade route · Americas

Polynesian Eastward Voyaging

700 CE – 1300 CE

Conflict · Americas

Tongan Maritime Power and Rivalries

1200 CE – 1600 CE

Landmark · Americas

Teotihuacan

200 BCE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Monte Albán

Attested 323 BCE – 700 CE

Trade route · Americas

Voyage to Hawai'i

700 CE – 1300 CE

Conflict · Americas

Maya City-State Wars

400 BCE – 900 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 600 BCE and 1230 CE.

600 BCE Tikal 600 BCE San Agustín Archaeological Park 600 BCE Tierradentro 600 BCE Calakmul 600 BCE Caracol

And in the rest of the world

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Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Conquests of Cyrus the Great Conflict · Middle East 559 BCE – 530 BCE Buddha Figure · Northern India / Nepal 563 BCE – 483 BCE Colosseum Landmark · Europe 80 CE – still standing
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