Since ~1550: Despite France expanding in the Mississippi area, the importance of North Atlantis falls (although the trade with fur and tobacco continues), while the Caribbean (with its sugar riches) becomes more important. The parts of the sugar mills (of which thousands are built) are an important step toward an industrial revolution. Cuitláuac starts reconquering lost lands in Northern Mexico, extending to the Atlantic and Pacific again. After Mexico, Tawantinsuyu (the Inca empire) adapts a pidgin version of French for communication with the Europeans. Silver discovered in Zacatecas.