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CivilizationsOf North America 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 Civilization 1800 B.C. Mexico
Cuicuilco Civilization 1400 B.C. Mexico
Teotihuacan 200 B.C. – 650 A.D Mexico
Teotihuacan existed around the same time as the Roman Empire.
Teotihuacan was a metropolis of about  200,000  people.
Maya Civilization 1,000 B.C. – 1540 A.D Mexico and Central America
Palenque Maya Civilization Mexico
Sayil Maya Civilization Yucatan, Mexico
Uxmal Maya Civilization Mexico
There are literally too many Mayan cities to count!
Toltec Civilization 950 A.D. – 11000 A.D Mexico and Central America
Tajin Civilization 600 A.D – 900 A.D Mexico
Tajin Mexico
Zapotec Civilization 500 B.C. – 1540 A.D Oaxaca, Mexico
Zapotec Civilization Oaxaca, Mexico
Mixteco Civilization Mitla Oaxaca, Mexico
Mexica (Aztec) Civilization 1325 A.D – 1521 A.D Mexico City
Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) Mexica (Aztec) Civilization 350,000 residents
Tazumal Maya Civilization El Salvador
Tikal Maya Civilization Guatemala
Copan Maya Civilization Honduras
Poverty Point  Mississippian Civilization Louisiana, USA
Cahokia Pyramids  Mississippian Civilization Indiana, USA
What Cahokia Pyramids looked like 1,000 years ago. East St. Louis, Indiana, USA
Mississippian Civilization Eastern United States
Moundville State Park Mississippian Civilization Alabama, USA
Miamisburg Circular Pyramid  Mississippian Civilization Miamisburg, Ohio, USA
Ocmulgee Pyramids Mississippian Civilization Ocmulgee, Georgia, USA
Ocmulgee Pyramids (scale model in museum)  Mississippian Civilization Ocmulgee, Georgia, USA
Moundville Pyramids State Park Mississippian Civilization Alabama, USA
Emerald Mound Pyramids  Mississippian Civilization Mississippi, USA
Etowah Pyramids  Mississippian Civilization Georgia, USA
Etowah Pyramids (scale model) Mississippian Civilization Georgia, USA
Yes, Native Americans built pyramids, too. There are  HUNDREDS  of ruins throughout the United States to prove it !
Pueblo Bonito  Anasazi Civilization New Mexico, USA
Pueblo Bonito  Anasazi Civilization New Mexico, USA
Aztec Ruins State Park  Anasazi Civilization New Mexico, USA
Chaco Canyon Ruins  Anasazi Civilization New Mexico, USA
Wupatki Ruins  Anasazi Civilization Arizona, USA
Wupatki Ruins ball court  Anasazi Civilization Arizona, USA
Cliff Palace Ruins  Anasazi Civilization Colorado, USA
Anasazi Ruins  Anasazi Civilization Grand Canyon, AZ , USA
Anasazi Tower  Anasazi Civilization Utah, USA
Aztalan State Park Pyramids  Mississipian Civilization Wisconsin, USA
Manitou Mounds State Park  Mississippian Civilization Manitou, 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  apologize because 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 Aztecs By Jacques Soustelle Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs by Michael D. Coe The Maya by Michael D. Coe 1491: New Revelations on the Americas Before Columbus by Charles Mann
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