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The first Americans

The first Americans . Who were they? Where did they come from? How did they live?. Pre-contact societies. 1200 BC – 400 BC - the OLMEC people AD 250 to 900 – the Maya culture 1300-1500 – the Incas The Aztec people • The Iroquois people The Pueblo people Mesa Verde.

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The first Americans

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  1. The first Americans • Who were they? • Where did they come from? • How did they live?

  2. Pre-contact societies • 1200 BC – 400 BC - the OLMEC people • AD 250 to 900 – the Maya culture • 1300-1500 – the Incas • The Aztec people • The Iroquois people • The Pueblo people Mesa Verde

  3. Europe in the 14th-15th c. • The Great Famine 1315-1317 • The Black Death 1348-1350 • The Renaissance • The Reformation • The printing press – Gutenberg – 1440s

  4. The Americas Sedentary / nonsedentary / semisedentary Mix of farming and hunting Spiritual belief linked to nature Europe Mostly sedentary Farming Christianity

  5. The Age of Discovery • Currents

  6. Who discovered America? • AD 459 – a Buddhist monk: Hoei-Shin • AD 551 – an Irish monk: Brendan the Bold • AD 1000 – A Viking sailor: Leif Ericson, „Lucky Leif” Reykjavik, Iceland

  7. The Portuguese • Henry the Navigator • 1488 – Bartolomeu Dias • 1498 – Vasco de Gama • caravel

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