Mesoamerica

historical region and cultural area in southern North America and most of Central America

13 dated entries naming Mesoamerica, drawn from 12 separate years between 1800 BCE and 1521 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century BC

1800 BCEc. 1800 BC: Sedentary Mayan communities in Mesoamericasource

15th century BC

1500 BCEc. 1500 BC — Formative/Preclassic period starts in Mesoamerica.source

12th century BC

1200 BCEc. 1200 BC: Olmec culture starts and thrives in Mesoamerica.source

5th century BC

500 BCEThe Olmec established Monte Albán, the sacred city, and continued building pyramids. Founded toward the end of the Middle Formative period at around 500 BCE, by the Terminal Formative (ca.100 BCE–CE 200) Monte Albán soon became the capital of a large-scale expansionist polity that dominated much of the Oaxacan highlands and interacts with other Mesoamerican regional states, such as Teotihuacan to the north (Paddock 1983; Marcus 1983).source
500 BCEThe world population reaches 100,000,000—85,000,000 in the Eastern Hemisphere and 15,000,000 in the Western Hemisphere, primarily Mesoamerica and northern South America (Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela).source

4th century BC

400 BCEThe Olmec culture in Mesoamerica comes to an end as its city of La Venta is abandoned (approximate date).source

2nd century

156The La Mojarra Stela 1 is produced in Mesoamerica.source

3rd century

250Classic period of Mesoamerican civilization begins.source
300The Formative/Preclassic period in Mesoamerica comes to an end approximately around this year.source

8th century

800Itza culture starts in Mesoamerica (840).source

9th century

900The Postclassic Period: The Maya civilization that has flourished for about 650 years in upland areas of what later will be called Central America comes to an end as a result either of depleted agricultural resources or warfare between some 40 rival city-states. The great stone pyramids, ball courts and other structures at cities such as Tikal, Copán, and Palenque are abandoned and overgrown with jungle, as will eventually be the sculpture and relief carvings of the Maya, who have developed a calendar based on almost perfect astronomic measurements. Cities such as Chichen Itza, Mayapan and Uxmal in the highlands of the Yucatán Peninsula will continue to flourish.source

15th century

1418Ixtlilxochitl I, ruler of the Mesoamerican city-state of Texcoco, and ally of the Aztecs.source

16th century

1521August 13 – Fall of Tenochtitlan: Cuauhtémoc surrenders to Cortés, thus incorporating the Aztec Empire into the Spanish Empire and ending the Late Postclassic period in Mesoamerica.source