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Xochicalco

650 CE – still standing

Hilltop Mesoamerican ceremonial city in Morelos dominated by the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent, where astronomer-priests gathered to reform the calendar.

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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–600 CE)
  2. No border recorded here in this snapshot (700 CE)
  3. Mesoamerican city-states and chiefdoms (800 CE–900 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Toltec Empire (1000 CE–1200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Mixtec Empire (1279 CE–1400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Mexihcah (Triple Alliance) (1492 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Aztec 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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  • Approximate

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Machu Picchu

1450 CE – still standing

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Canada

Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Trade route · Americas

Mesoamerican Trade Network

1200 BCE – 1521 CE

Conflict · Americas

Hawaiian Unification Wars

1782 CE – 1810 CE

Landmark · Americas

Christ the Redeemer

1931 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Mexico

Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Trade route · Americas

Polynesian Eastward Voyaging

700 CE – 1300 CE

Conflict · Americas

Argentine War of Independence

1810 CE – 1818 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 650 CE and 2026 CE.

750 CE Sicán 800 CE Mississippian Warfare 800 CE Ciudad Perdida 828 CE Pueblo Bonito 850 CE Chan Chan 850 CE Quilmes Ruins

And in the rest of the world

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