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| c. 950 |
| | | Toltecs move into the valley of Mexico from the north and establish a capital city at Tula | |
|  | Tula, Mexico
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| c. 960 |
| | | A fair-skinned and bearded king, by the name of Quetzalcoatl, is exiled from Tula but says that he will be back in a 'One Reed' year. | |
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| 987 |
| | | The Mayan city of Chichén Itzá is captured by the Toltecs | |
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| c. 1150 |
| | | The Aztecs begin to move south from their original home, which they call Aztlan, somewhere in northern Mexico | |
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| c. 1345 |
| | | The Aztecs settle on an uninhabited island in a lake, which they name Tenochtitlan — the site of the modern Mexico City | |
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| 1434 |
| | | The rulers of Tenochtitlan join with two other neighbouring kingdoms to form the Aztec Triple Alliance | |
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| 1487 |
| | | When the enlarged pyramid at Tenochtitlan is dedicated to Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec sacrifice of human victims lasts for four days | |
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| 1513 |
| | | Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches the Pacific coast and claims the ocean for the king of Spain | |
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| 1519 |
| | | The Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes lands on the coast of Mexico with 600 men, 16 horses and about 20 guns | |
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| 1519 |
| | | Montezuma welcomes Hernan Cortes to his capital, Tenochtitlan, under the impression that he is the returning god-king Quetzalcoatl | |
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