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33,000-8,000 B.C.

First humans cross into Americas from Asia.

5,000 B.C.

Corn is developed as a stable crop in highland Mexico.

4,000 B.C.

First civilized societies develop in the Middle East.

1,200 B.C.

Corn planting reaches present-day American Southwest.

1,000 A.D.

Norse voyagers discover and briefly settle in northeastern North America. Corn cultivation reaches Midwest and southeastern Atlantic seaboard.

1,100 A.D.

Height of Mississippian settlement at Cahokia.

1,100-1,300 A.D.

Christian crusades arouse European interest in the East.

1295

Marco Polo returns to Europe.

Late 1400s

Spain becomes united.

1488

Diaz rounds southern tip of Africa.

1492

Columbus lands in the Bahamas.

1494

Treaty of Tordesillas between Spain and Portugal.

1498

Da Gama reaches India. Cabot explores northeastern coast of North America for England.

1513

Balboa claims all lands touched by the Pacific Ocean for Spain.

1513, 1521

Ponce de Leon explores Florida.

1519-1521

Cortes conquers Mexico for Spain.

1522

Magellan's vessel completes circumnavigation of the world.

1524

Verrazano explores eastern seaboard of North America for France.

1532

Pizarro crushes Incas.

1534

Cartier journeys up the St. Lawrence River.

1539-1542

De Soto explores the Southeast and discovers the Mississippi River.

1540-1542

Cabrillo explores present-day Southwest.

1542

Cabrillo explores California coast for Spain.

1565

Spanish build fortress at St. Augustine.

Late 1500s

Iroquois Confederacy founded, according to Iroquois legend.

1598-1609

Spanish under Onate conquer pueblo peoples of Rio Grande valley.

1609

Spanish found New Mexico.

1680s

French exploration down Mississippi River under La Salle.

1769

Serra founds first California mission, at San Diego.