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Pre-Columbian Civilizations In the Americas. Plains. Date of Height: N/A Location: Central North America Important City: None -Between 10,000 and 8,000 BCE , peoples from Asia arrived in North America by a land bridge -Many different Native American peoples in North America
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Pre-Columbian Civilizations In the Americas
Date of Height: N/A Location: Central North America Important City: None -Between 10,000 and 8,000 BCE , peoples from Asia arrived in North America by a land bridge -Many different Native American peoples in North America -Plains Indians tribes: Sioux, Cheyenne, Crow, Blackfoot, Pawnee, Cree, and others -Plains Indians lived in teepees and hunted buffalo -Used all parts of buffalo for food, clothing, tools and shelter
Major Pre-Columbian Civilizations Mesoamerica: Mexico and Central America that was civilized before the Spanish arrived
The Mayans Date of Height: 300 – 900 AD
Lands of the Mayans The Yucatan Peninsula
Overview of Tikal (Guatemala) Temple of the Masks
-Mayan civilization was highly sophisticated and advanced -discovered concept of zero and 365-day calendar -at the center of each city was a great pyramid temple -rulers of city-states claimed to be descended from gods -unique writing system using hieroglyphics -Spanish conquistadors and priests burned most Maya books
Mayan Cultivation of Maize Chac, God of Rain -->
Mayan Glyphs sky king house child city Mayan Mathematics
The Aztecs Date of height: 1200 – 1500 AD
-The Aztec people built the city of Tenochtitlan on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco -Aztec empire resembled Mayan empire with great pyramids and ball courts
Aztec Writing Aztec Math
-Aztecs practiced human sacrifices in order to stop the gods from destroying the world
-The Aztecs were at their height under Montezuma before the Spanish arrived -The Aztecs welcomed the Spanish because they believed the cross was a sign that Quetzalcoatl was returning
The Incas Date of height: 1400 – 1550 AD
Lands of the Incas (West coast of South America, Andes Mountains)
