ever set foot in this hemisphere‚ there were fully functional and highly developed societies here. These civilizations were sophisticated‚ could even be considered more advanced than the European nations at the time. While the rest of the Eastern world was in the dark Middle Ages‚ the people here were flourishing. The Aztecs were the Native American people who dominated northern México at the time of the Spanish conquest led by Hernan CORTES in the early 16th century. According to their own legends
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Pre-Columbian America There is no certain answers as to how pre columbian natives got to America. There are many theories based on hard evidence. The Paleo-Indians‚ archaeologists refer to as the first americans. At this point there was no official scripture in their society. Paleo Indians seemed to have paved the way for many other cultures to settle. All though in many cases these native settlers were very different from one another‚ they also had a plethora of similarities. Most of the
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“Pre – Columbian Americas” The New World before Columbus‚ was not empty and unknown before his discoveries. Europeans had explored in the New World‚ they came into contact with people whom Columbus by mistaKE called them Indians. It is unknow where they came from and when these first Americans came to the North and South America‚ but it is cleared that they lived in the new world centuries before the Europeans came. The Indians were not unified they were divided into hundreds of clans or tribes
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methods that you could use to find out how that population was started and where they were originated. However there are a select few out there that don’t have the same luck when it comes to finding their roots and true history. Knowledge about pre-Columbian civilizations comes from two main sources: archaeological remains and the accounts written by European white men. A result of the Conquest by the Europeans they Aztec‚ Mayan‚ and Inca Civilizations were virtually wiped out. There was a major loss
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[edit] Pre-Columbian period Main article: Pre-Columbian The earliest known inhabitants of what is now the United States are thought to have arrived in Alaska by crossing the Bering land bridge‚ at least 14‚000 30‚000 years ago.[10] Some of these groups migrated south and east‚ and over time spread throughout the Americas. These were the ancestors to modern Native Americans in the United States and Alaskan Native peoples‚ as well as all indigenous peoples of the Americas. Many indigenous peoples
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World Trees World trees are a prevalent element occurring in the astrologies‚ creation accounts and iconographies of the pre-Columbian cultures of Mesoamerica. Mayan world trees embodied the four cardinal directions‚ which also serve to represent the four-fold nature of a central world tree‚ “A sort of axis mundi which connects the planes of the Underworld and the sky‚ with that of the terrestrial realm” (Parker‚ Maya Cosmos). Often‚ world trees were represented by the king‚ who was said to have
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those of the Pre-Columbian Era seem to have successfully applied mathematical concepts‚ mainly geometry and algebra‚ in a somewhat uncanny manner. One cannot all but question how engineers of today’s time‚ men and women with almost limitless resources‚ suffer periodic setbacks‚ while structures of the primitive Pre-Columbians have remained largely intact up until the present day. Clearly no one can compare the Golden Gate Bridge‚ Lincoln Tunnel‚ and Empire State building to Pre-Columbian structures
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The pre-Columbian Maya kept whole libraries of books that contained information about their history‚ beliefs‚ astronomy and calendars. Most of these books were destroyed during the Spanish Conquest. They were burned because the Christian conquistadors believed they containing writings about the devil. Three of these books‚ called Codices‚ managed to survive today. They are the only three codices whose authenticity is beyond a doubt in authenticity. They are: The Madrid Codex‚ or the "Tro-Cortesianus
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Society Sophistication is the quality of refinement a person acquires with the course of life. You don’t acquire this status‚ privilege‚ or superiority over night; it takes time. People are not born with this status. Sophistication is not necessarily wealth or materialistic items‚ as for displaying good taste‚ wisdom‚ and good manners. People who have highly developed in society and showing worldly experience and taste in matters of culture or fashion. People who have sophistication have good
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First Writing Assignment October 4‚ 2014 Pre-Columbian History of the Caribbean Indigenous People The longitudinal area located between modern day Cuba and Barbados is known as the Caribbean region of America. This area was the location of two indigenous populations: Tainos and the Siboneys. Both indigenous groups‚ Tainos and Siboneys migrated to the Caribbean region. The first indigenous group to migrate to the Caribbean was the Siboneys. Although their origin has been debated‚ the common
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