The Bering Land Bridge
40,000 BC
Iroquois Creation Story
Native American
Creation Myths
Geographical Map of
Mexico
Olmec Stone Head
Mayan Pyramid of Kukulcan
Mayan Astronomical
Observatory
Temple of Teotihuacan
(200 BC-650 AD)
Tenochtitlan: Capital of Aztec
Empire
Temples of Tenochtitlan
Huitzilopochtli—Warrior God of
the Sun
Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered
Serpent returned from the East?
Chinampas or Irrigation canals
used by the Aztecs
The Aztec Empire on the eve of
Conquest
Fernando Cortes (1485-1547)
Cortes and Malinche(Dona Marina)
Cortes and Moctezuma, Images
from the Florentine Codex
Siege of the Main Temple
Spaniards dumping
Moctezuma’s body into Lake
Texcoco (Florentine Codex)
Problem 1: A Sea Route to
India
The Portuguese solve it!
European Voyages of Exploration: Asia:Vasco da Gama
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/vasco.html
The
Incan
Empire
Macchu Picchu
Inca Gold
Atahuallpa at War
Pizzaro’s Attack
Ransom of Atahuallpa