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Brummett, et al, Civilization, Past & Present Chapter Outline Chapter 11: The Americas to 1492 I. Origins of Americans and Their Culture II. Emerging Civilizations in Mesoamerica III. Classical Mayan Civilization IV. The Post-Classical Era in Mesoamerica V. The Amerindians of North America

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Brummett, et al, Civilization, Past & Present

Chapter Outline

Chapter 11: The Americas to 1492

I. Origins of Americans and Their Culture

II. Emerging Civilizations in Mesoamerica

III. Classical Mayan Civilization

IV. The Post-Classical Era in Mesoamerica

V. The Amerindians of North America

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I. Origins of Americans and Their CultureOrigins

from 20,000 years agoClovis points, c. 11,200 B.C.E.

Chile by 10,500 B.C.E.Caral, Peru

first city, c. 2600 B.C.E.

Maize Tehuacán valley of Mexico c. 5000

B.C.E.Mississippi Valley to Argentine

pampas,by 1000 B.C.E.

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II. Emerging Civilizations in Mesoamerica

A. Formative Period (1500–150 C.E.)

Olmec civilizationc. 1200 B.C.E., Vera

Cruzpyramids

B. The Classical Period (150–900 C.E.)

Achievements:written communication complex time reckoninginterregional trade

Teotihuacán125–200,000

Monte Alban

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III. Classical Mayan Civilization

A. Origins

B. CentersKaminaljuyuTikal, by 550 C.E.

C. Achievementscalendarwriting system

pictographs, glyphs

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A. The ToltecsCapital: TollanQuetzalcoatl - Teotihuacan godTezcatlipoca - Toltec war-godYucatán

Chichén ItzáMayapán

B. The Aztecsinto central Mexico by 1200Tenochtitlán (Mexico City)

Lake Texcoco, c. 1325tributary of Atzcapotzalco

Alliance with Tecoco, Tlacopán against Atzcapotzalco

Itzcoatl (1427–1440)

Montezuma I (1440–1468)

Montezuma II (1502–1520)Spanish invasion

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IV. The Post-Classical Era in Mesoamerica

(B. The Aztecs)Social organization

Calpulli (clans) Pipiltin (nobles)Pochteca (merchants)

ReligionHuitzilopochtli (sun/war

god) Tlateloco (god of rain)Pyramids to both

Agriculturedams, canalschinampas (floating

gardens)

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C. The Inca200 ethnolinguistic groupsc. 600, cities emerge

Kingdoms at Huari, Tiahuanaco

collapse, tenth century

Kingdom of Chimu

c. 1200, Cuzco valley settled

Viracocha (d. 1438)conquestPachacuti (1438-1471)Quechua, official language

Topa Upanqui (1471-1493)conquest of Chimu

Infrastructurecanal systemroads

Command economy

Societynoblesnobles of conquered

peoplescommon workersslaves

Emperorministers – Imperial

Council

Religionvast clergySun-god

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V. The Amerindians of North America

A. The Iroquois of the Northeast Woodlands

settled agriculture

B. The Adena and Hopewell Cultures, Ohio Valley

from 800 B.C.E.Sunflowers, squash, maizeMounds

C. The Mississippian Culture Cahokia, Illinois

wattle-and-daub houses900–1150

Decline, c. 1400

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V. The Amerindians of North America

A. The Iroquois of the Northeast Woodlands

settled agriculture

B. The Adena and Hopewell Cultures, Ohio Valley

from 800 B.C.E.Sunflowers, squash, maizeMounds

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C. The Mississippian Culture Cahokia, Illinois

wattle-and-daub houses900–1150

Decline, c. 1400

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D. The Southwest: Mogollon, Hohokam,

and Anasazi

Commonalitiesmaize, beans, squashadobe, masonrypottery

Mogollon , 300 B.C.E.–1340 C.E.

Hohokamcanals

Anasazi, 300–1300Cotton cloth

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E. The Navajo, the Apache, the Mandan

Navajo

Apache

Mandan

F. The Far North: Inuit and AleutAleuts

kayaks

Inuits (Eskimos)