Teotihuacan

ancient Mesoamerican city

12 dated entries naming Teotihuacan, drawn from 12 separate years between 500 BCE and 901 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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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

1st century

100Teotihuacan, a major city at the centre of modern-day Mexico, reaches a population of around 60,000–80,000.source

2nd century

150The Great Pyramid of the Sun is constructed in Teotihuacan. It is the tallest pre-Columbian building in the Americas.source

3rd century

250Teotihuacán is rebuilt as a four-quartered cosmogram by Zapotec architects brought from Monte Albán in Oaxaca.source

4th century

303In Mexico, the civilization of Teotihuacan flourishes.source
374May 4 – Spearthrower Owl ascends to the throne and becomes ruler of Teotihuacan (Mexico).source
378Siyaj K'ak' begins to replace Mayan kings with relatives of Spearthrower Owl, emperor of Teotihuacan.source

5th century

439Spearthrower Owl, ruler of Teotihuacan (Mexico)source

6th century

501The Maya are peaking in economic prosperity. The civilization at Teotihuacan begins to decline and its people are migrating to the greatest Mayan city, Tikal, bringing with them ideas about weaponry and new ritual practices.source
600600-750 - Maguey Bloodletting Ritual, fragment of a fresco from Teotihuacan, Mexico, is made. Teotihuacan culture. It is now kept at the Cleveland Museum of Art.source

8th century

750The city of Teotihuacan (modern Mexico) is destroyed and left in ruins, its palaces burned to the ground.source

10th century

901The Toltecs establish themselves at Tula. The city becomes the capital and rises to prominence after the fall of Teotihuacan (approximate date).source