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Mexico Timeline Game

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Summoning Knowledge...

About This Challenge

This timeline game challenges players to place events in their correct chronological order, testing their knowledge of historical sequences.

  • Players will learn about key events in Mexican history
  • They will develop critical thinking skills by analyzing the order of events
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  • 2000 BCE: Maya civilization begins in Mesoamerica
  • 100 CE: Teotihuacan civilization flourishes in central Mexico
  • 900 CE: Toltec civilization emerges in central Mexico
  • 1325: Aztec Empire founded in central Mexico
  • 1521: Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
  • 1521: Mexico City founded by the Spanish
  • 1810: Mexican War of Independence begins
  • 1821: Independence of Mexico from Spain
  • 1846: Mexican-American War begins
  • 1848: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican-American War
  • 1864: French intervention in Mexico leads to establishment of Second Mexican Empire
  • 1867: Execution of Emperor Maximilian I
  • 1910: Mexican Revolution begins
  • 1917: Constitution of Mexico adopted
  • 1938: Oil nationalization in Mexico
  • 1994: North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) signed
  • 1994: Zapatista uprising in Chiapas
  • 2000: Election of Vicente Fox as President of Mexico, ending 71 years of PRI rule
  • 2006: War on Drugs intensifies in Mexico
  • 2010: Mexican drug cartels become major security threat

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