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Teaching American History Summer Seminar. Session 1 – Ancient America and the Maya Empire. Session 2 – The Inca. Session Three - Ancient Mexico and the Aztec Empire. Session Four - Medieval Spain and the Age of Discovery.
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Session Five – Exploration, Discovery, Conquest and the Columbian Exchange
Highly advanced and sophisticated, but used Stone Age technology
Maya decline – 700 AD • Disease • Warfare • Competition between rivals • Environmental exhaustion
Maya decline • Prosperity and the growth of the nobility • Warfare, drought, famine and disease affect common population • Expectations of the nobility don’t change • Rise of social discontent among the masses • Malnutrition, sickness, social tension = collapse by 900 AD