Maize domesticated in Mesoamerica
~7000 BCE · Event
Teosinte selectively bred into corn; foundation of New World agriculture.
On these timelines: Pre-Columbian Americas, Latin America, Master
More from Pre-Columbian Americas
- Peopling of the Americas (14000 BCE)
- Maya civilisation (2000 BCE)
- Olmec civilisation (1500 BCE)
- Teotihuacán at its peak (100)
- Inca expansion under Pachacuti (1438)
- Classic Maya civilization (250)
- Aztec Triple Alliance formed (1428)
- Smallpox arrives in the Americas (1518)
Around 7000 BCE
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- Domestication of the potato (8000 BCE)
- Domestication of rice (8000 BCE)