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| c. 50 BC |
| | | The Maya introduce a calendar which has a cycle of fifty-two years, known as the Calendar Round | |
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| c. 100 |
| | | Teotihuacan, the dominant city in the northern highlands of central America, introduces the god Quetzalcoatl | |
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| c. 200 |
| | | The potato is cultivated in the Peruvian Andes | |
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| c. 500 |
| | | The temple city of Tikal is one of many Mayan city states of the Classic period | |
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| c. 500 |
| | | The city of Tiwanaku develops to the south of Lake Titicaca, and soon dominates the surrounding region | |
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| c. 500 |
| | | Beans are gathered by the Maya from wild cocoa trees and are probably used in a chocolate drink | |
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| c. 500 |
| | | Mayan priests feature in stone carvings smoking pipes and puffing the smoke towards the sacred sun | |
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| c. 700 |
| | | The quipu is used in the Wari culture and becomes the standard recording device of the Andean civilizations | |
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| c. 800 |
| | | Batán Grande, in northern Peru, becomes a great pilgrimage centre in the Sican culture | |
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| c. 900 |
| | | Chan Chan, today the largest of the ruined Andean cities, dominates the entire length of Peru | |
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