Postclassic: Aztecs and Inca AD 900–1492

The Toltecs, Aztecs, Chimú and the Inca Empire.

Map of the Americas in 1200, during the Postclassic: Aztecs and Inca — Border map for 1200. See the world in 1200.

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Timeline

Year	Event	Where
1325	Tenochtitlan is founded	Mexico City
1438	Pachacuti founds the Inca Empire	Cusco

← Classic: Maya and Teotihuacan Conquest and the Columbian Exchange →

Notable people of the Postclassic: Aztecs and Inca

Lived	Person
c. 1418 – 1471	Pachacuti	Sapa Inca
c. 1466 – 1520	Moctezuma II	Aztec emperor

Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.