First Mexicans

50,000BC

Olmecs

1400-400BC

Teotihuacan

Cholula, Xochicalco,

 El Tajin

Toltecs

900-1100AD

Zapotecs

Mayans

Aztecs

Early

Spanish Expeditions

to Mexico

1517-18

Cortes:Early Life, Cuba(1506-19), Cozumel

1519

Cortes:Tabasco, Marina,Verzcruz

early 1519

Cortes: Burns Ships, Tlascala

Cortes:Cholula,March to Aztec capital 

Cortes:Montezuma

Tribute,Narvaez

Cortes:

Retreat(NocheTriste)

June 1520

Defeats Aztecs

August 1521

Modern View of Cortes

Colonial

Mexico

1519 - 1713

 War for Independence

1810 -1821

First Mexican Empire 1821

Early Mexican Republic

1822-33

Santa Anna

1833 - 47

Mayan Caste War

Republic of Rio Grande

Revolt of Texas

1835-36

Prelude to the Mexican American War 1846-4

Mexican American War

1846-47

 Revolution of Ayutla,

1857 Constitution

War of the Reform 1857-61

 French Intervention Second Mexican Empire1864-7

Restored republic 1867-76

Diaz and the Porfiriato

1876-1910

Mexican

Revolution

1910-20

Obergon, Callas and the The Cristero War 1920-1934

Cardenas and Oil Nationalization 1934-40

Camacho

World War II

1947 - 2008

Post war economic Boom and Bust

     Links

MexicanArt.info

SpanishAmericanWar.com

National Museum of Mexican Art

Museo Nacional de Historia

Anahuacalli Museum

San Juan de Ulúa

 Top Heroes and Villians in Mexican History

Mexican History Mp3s

Glossary

Mexico has a rich history, going back 20 centuries .The Pre-Columbian cities in

Mexico were the most populous in the world at their time with great

advancements in art and building .Prior to the Spanish,the Mayans

developed superbly built city-states in the Yucatan  and the city of Tectihuacan

with a population of 200,000 in 600 A.D., made it the largest city in the world .

Their Successors the Aztecs ruled over most of central Mexico . 

The conquest and colonialization of Mexico,seems brutal when viewed from today.

However, unlike the United States ,where European culture dominates,  Mexico

is a mestizo society where the native population and Spanish have blended

to make the country what it is today, the native peoples still make up to 30% of the population.The country has been rocked by upheavals and the loss of almost half its territory in war, foreign invasion and revolution, yet still remains a vibrant country with a unique cultural identity which started to be called mexicanidad during the Mexican Revolution .

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