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Landmark Americas archaeological

Monte Albán

500 BCE – 750 CE · 1,250 years

Zapotec hilltop capital overlooking the Oaxaca Valley in Mexico, with pyramids, ball courts, and carved stone slabs

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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. Monte Albán (323 BCE–700 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Mesoamerican city-states and chiefdoms (800 CE–1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Zapotec Empire (1279 CE–1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Ben 'Zaa/Binnizá/Mén Diiste/Bene Xhon (Zapoteco) (1492 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Mixtec Empire (1500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  8. New Spain (1530 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  9. Vice-Royalty of New Spain (1600 CE–1815 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  10. Mexico (1880 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
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700 CE – 1300 CE

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Maya City-State Wars

400 BCE – 900 CE

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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

Monte Albán Zapotec Conquest State

200 BCE – 500 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 500 BCE and 750 CE.

500 BCE Nazca Lines 300 BCE Great Serpent Mound 250 BCE Maya City-State Wars 200 BCE Teotihuacan 200 BCE Tiwanaku

And in the rest of the world

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