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CivilizationsOfNorthAmerica
By Manuel Alderete
** Over 9,000 years ago, corn plants were domesticated by ancient people in Mexico.
** This meant crops needed to be planted at certain times in order to be productive.
** This led to the first basic calendars for farming.
** Over 3,000 years ago, surplus food and calendar-keeping led to CIVILIZATION.
The Spreading of Civilization in North America
Olmec Civilization1800 B.C.Mexico
Cuicuilco Civilization1400 B.C.Mexico
Teotihuacan200 B.C. – 650 A.DMexico
Teotihuacan existed around the same time as the Roman Empire.
Teotihuacanwas a metropolis of about 200,000 people.
Maya Civilization1,000 B.C. – 1540 A.DMexico and Central America
PalenqueMaya CivilizationMexico
SayilMaya CivilizationYucatan, Mexico
UxmalMaya CivilizationMexico
There are literally too many Mayan cities to count!
Toltec Civilization950 A.D. – 11000 A.DMexico and Central America
Tajin Civilization600 A.D – 900 A.DMexico
TajinMexico
Zapotec Civilization500 B.C. – 1540 A.DOaxaca, Mexico
Zapotec CivilizationOaxaca, Mexico
Mixteco CivilizationMitlaOaxaca, Mexico
Mexica (Aztec) Civilization1325 A.D – 1521 A.DMexico City
Tenochtitlan (Mexico City)Mexica (Aztec) Civilization350,000 residents
TazumalMaya CivilizationEl Salvador
TikalMaya CivilizationGuatemala
CopanMaya CivilizationHonduras
Poverty Point Mississippian CivilizationLouisiana, USA
Cahokia Pyramids Mississippian CivilizationIndiana, USA
What Cahokia Pyramids looked like 1,000 years ago.East St. Louis, Indiana, USA
Mississippian CivilizationEastern United States
Moundville State ParkMississippian CivilizationAlabama, USA
Miamisburg Circular Pyramid Mississippian CivilizationMiamisburg, Ohio, USA
Ocmulgee Pyramids Mississippian CivilizationOcmulgee, Georgia, USA
Ocmulgee Pyramids (scale model in museum) Mississippian CivilizationOcmulgee, Georgia, USA
Moundville Pyramids State ParkMississippian CivilizationAlabama, USA
Emerald Mound Pyramids Mississippian CivilizationMississippi, USA
Etowah Pyramids Mississippian CivilizationGeorgia, USA
Etowah Pyramids (scale model)Mississippian CivilizationGeorgia, USA
Yes, Native Americans built pyramids, too.
There are HUNDREDS of ruins throughout the United States to prove it !
Pueblo Bonito Anasazi CivilizationNew Mexico, USA
Pueblo Bonito Anasazi CivilizationNew Mexico, USA
Aztec Ruins State Park Anasazi CivilizationNew Mexico, USA
Chaco Canyon Ruins Anasazi CivilizationNew Mexico, USA
Wupatki Ruins Anasazi CivilizationArizona, USA
Wupatki Ruins ball court Anasazi CivilizationArizona, USA
Cliff Palace Ruins Anasazi CivilizationColorado, USA
Anasazi Ruins Anasazi CivilizationGrand Canyon, AZ , USA
Anasazi Tower Anasazi CivilizationUtah, USA
Aztalan State Park Pyramids Mississipian CivilizationWisconsin, USA
Manitou Mounds State Park Mississippian CivilizationManitou, Canada
Powerful Astronomers
Advanced Calendars
Inventors of the wheel.
Mathematicians
Inventors of a calculator (abacus) called Nepohualtzitzin.
Writing and books
Almanacs on astronomy
Books on medicine, law, philosophy.
Libraries full of books.
This is my heritage:
as a Mexican.
as a Salvadoran.
as a Guatemalan.
as a Honduran.
as a Native American.
Am I supposed to be ashamed of this genius in my heritage?
What, am I supposed to apologizebecause my ancestors weren’t British, or German, or Greeks?
Wait a minute!
Your family came here from Europe,
And YOU are telling me that my existence here is
“illegal”?
Oh…hellllll no!
Recommended Books
Daily Life of the AztecsBy Jacques Soustelle
Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecsby Michael D. Coe
The Mayaby Michael D. Coe
1491: New Revelations on the Americas Before Columbusby Charles Mann
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