The History of Mexico From 3500 B.C. until Modern Time.

The History of Mexico

From 3500 B.C. until Modern Time

3500 B.C. – 399 A.D.

The Pre Classical Period

3500 B.C. – 399 A.D.

Europe The Classic Greek Culture (1200 B.C.

to 323 B.C. the year in which Alexander the Great dies)

The Roman Empire is founded (753 B.C.)

The Roman Republic and Empire

3500 B.C. – 399 A.D.

World Egyptian Pyramids (2613 - 2494 B.C.) Mesopotamia: Hammurabi's Code

(1700B.C) The Birth of Buddha (563 B.C.) The Great Wall of China (221 B.C.) The Birth of Christ

3500 B.C. – 399 A.D.

Mexico The Ice Bridge The Olmeca Culture

300-900 A.D.

Classical Period

300-900 A.D.

Eurpoe Attila the Hun invades various regions in

Europe (375 - 425) The Fall of the Roman Empire (476) The beginning of the Middle Ages and

Feudalism (476 - 1453) The Arabs defeat the Visigoths in Spain

(711) Charles the Great is crowned Emperor (800)

300-900 A.D.

World Justinian builds Santa Sofia in

Cosntantinople (532 - 237) The Chinese invent Porcelain (650

approx.) Mahommed marches from Mecca to

Medina (622), beginning of the Muslim era

300-900 A.D.

Mexico Teotihuacan Monte Alban and the Zapoteca

Culture The Mayans

900-1521

The Post Classical Period

900-1521

Europe The first Crusade (1096) The University of Cambridge is founded (1209) Magna Carta (1215) The height of the Rennaisance (1500) Leonardo Da Vinci's "La Gioconda" (1503 - 05) Charles I of Spain is elected emperor of the

Holy Roman and Germanic Empires as Charles V (1519)

900-1521

World The Bizantine church breaks with Rome

(1054) The Inca Empire (1100) Marco Polo travels to China (1271 -

1295) Constantinople falls to the Turks Columbus arrives in what is later called

the Americas (1492)

900-1521

Mexico Pre-Hispanic era in Oaxaca Toltecs and Chichimecs Quetzalcoatl Tarasco Empire Aztecs and founding of Tenochtitlan (1325) Texoco-The Philosopher and King Citlacoatl (Star Snake) Moctezuma Jeronimo de Alguilar Hernan Cortes (founding of Veracruz 1519) Chautemoc (winner in defeat)

1521-1810

The Spanish Conquest

1521-1810

Europe The Protestant Reform (1521) Michael Angelo paints the Last Supper in the Sisteen

Chapel (1536 - 1541) Copernicus publishes his theory that the Sun is the

center of the Universe, and that the Earth revolves around it (1543)

The first Encyclopedia is published (Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, d'Alembert) (1751)

The French Revolution Napoleon overthrows the King of Spain Fernando VII and

places his brother Joseph on the throne (1808) The Industrial Revolution in England (1760 - 1851)

1521-1810

World Sir Walter Raleigh founds the first English Colony in

North America (North Carolina) (1587) The Taj Mahal is built in India (1631 - 1653) The French founded New Orleans in Louisiana (1718) Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning Rod (1752) The North American colonists protest high taxes, The

Boston Tea Party (1773) The 13 English colonies declare their independence

(4th of July 1776) USA buys Louisiana from the French - The Louisiana

Purchase (1803)

1521-1810

Mexico Moctezume II Cortex and the Conquest La Malinche Settlement/Religion/Economy of New Spain Slavery in Mexico Afro-Mexicans Bartolome de las Casas (father of liberation) Apparition of the Virgin of Guadelupe (1521) University of Mexico 1551 First Viceroy of Mexico (Antonio de Mendoza) “Bloody Guzman”-Founding of Guadalajara

1521-1810Mexico Innauguration of the first Cathedral in Mexico

(1656) Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz 1651-1695 Miguel Hidalgo 1753-1811Jose Morales y Pavon

1765-1815 Expulsion of the Jesuits (1767) Nicolas Bravo 1786-1854 Churches are constructed in the Churriguerresque,

Baroque, Plateresque and other styles Ignacio de Allende 1779-1811 Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna 1794-1876

1810-1910

Mexico’s Independence from Spain

1810-1910

Europe The Holy Alliance is created to defend

Absolutism (Austria, Russina and Prussia) (1815)

England's Victorian Period (1837 - 1901)

The Suez Canal is opened (1869) The Curies discover radiation (1898)

1810-1910

World Independence of: Colombia (1810),

Venezuela (1811), Argentina (1816), Chile (1818), Peru (1821), Brazil (1822) and Uruguay (1825)

American Civil War (1861 - 1865) USA purchases Alaska from Russia for

$7 million dollars (1867)

1810-1910

Mexico The failure of the Colonial Government Cry of Independence-September 15, 1810 El Grito-September 15/16, 1810 Miguel Hidalgo Battle of Calderon, 1811 Los Ninos Heroes Emperor Augustin Iturbide 1822-3 Guadalupe Victoria-First President-1824-8 The Pastry War-France and Mexico-1838 Loss of Texas and California-1848 Maximilian’s Empire 1864-7 The Republic of Mexico

1910-1989

The Mexican Revolution

1910-1989

Europe The Russian Revolution (1917) The British Empire becomes a

Commonwealth (1926) Benito Mussolini establishes Fascism in Italy

(1922 - 1943) Hitler comes to power (1933) Spanish Civil War (1936) The European Free Trade Zone is

established between six countries (1957)

1910-1989

World 1st World War (1914 - 1918) 2nd World War (1939 - 1945) Mexico-World War II Forgotten Ally The United Nations Organization is formed (1945) Mao Tse Tung takes power in China (1949) Korean War (1950 - 1953) Castro institutes a Communist Dictatorship in

Cuba (1959) Americans land on the Moon (1969)

1910-1989

Mexico The Revolution 1910 – 1920 The Zapatista Movement 1911-19 The Revolution 1920 - 1940 Cristero Wars 1927-9 Oil in Mexico 1938-1988

1990-

Europe The Maastricht Treaty unites Europe

(1993) The "Euro" becomes the common

currency of the EEC. (1999)

1990-

World The USSR and the Eastern Block

Countries abandon the Socialist system.

Afghanistan Gulf War September 11 Iraq-axis of evil

1990-

Mexico The Zapatista Movement-Continued NAFTA Drugs, Revolution and the

Militarization of Mexico Chiapas