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El Salvador Timeline Game

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Summoning Knowledge...

About This Challenge

Learn about the history of El Salvador with this engaging timeline game!

  • Players will learn key events in the history of El Salvador
  • Challenge yourself to place the events in their correct chronological order
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  • 2000 BC: First human settlements in the region
  • 500 AD: Mayan civilization flourishes in the area
  • 1524: Spanish colonization of El Salvador begins
  • 1821: El Salvador becomes independent from Spain
  • late 19th century: Coffee production becomes a major industry in El Salvador
  • 1904: Eruption of the Santa Ana volcano
  • 1960: Formation of the Central American Common Market (CACM)
  • 1980: Start of the Salvadoran Civil War
  • 1992: Peace accords signed to end the civil war
  • 1998: Hurricane Mitch devastates El Salvador
  • 2001: El Salvador adopts the US dollar as its official currency
  • early 2000s: Gang violence becomes a major issue in El Salvador
  • 2006: El Salvador becomes a member of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR)
  • 2019: Election of Nayib Bukele as President of El Salvador
  • 2020: COVID-19 pandemic reaches El Salvador
  • 2020: Hurricane Iota causes widespread destruction in El Salvador
  • 2021: Volcano eruption in San Salvador
  • 2021: Mass protests against President Bukele's government
  • 2021: El Salvador becomes the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender
  • 2024: Presidential elections in El Salvador

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