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Pre-1492

Pre-1492. Before the White Man. Timeline (pre-1492). Mexico 5000 BC Corn Cultivated 1500 to 900 BC Olmec Culture (Mid Pre-Classic Period) 200 BC to 650 AD Teotihuacan 100 AD Cholula 100 AD to 800 AD Zapotec Culture 700 AD Monte Alban at peak 300 AD to 900 AD Classic Maya

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Pre-1492

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  1. Pre-1492 Before the White Man

  2. Timeline (pre-1492) • Mexico • 5000 BC Corn Cultivated • 1500 to 900 BC Olmec Culture (Mid Pre-Classic Period) • 200 BC to 650 AD Teotihuacan • 100 AD Cholula • 100 AD to 800 AD Zapotec Culture • 700 AD Monte Alban at peak • 300 AD to 900 AD Classic Maya • 1325 AD to 1520 AD Aztecs in Tenochtitlan • Canada • 3000 BC Haida Gwaii population on the Northwest Coast • 1000 BC Dorset Culture • 500 AD Thule Culture • 992 AD Leif Ericson visits L’Anse Aux Meadows • 1000 AD Modern Inuit Culture Develops • 1000 AD to 1300 AD Owasco Period (Cultivate of corn, beans, and squash) • 1100 AD Development of the modern Iroquois • 1100 AD Development of the Huron-Wendat peoples • 1100 AD Evidence of fortifications around villages in the Northeast

  3. Timeline (pre-1492) • United States • 2000 BC to 1500 BC First pottery created in the Southwest • 300 BC to 1000 AD Hohokam mound culture develops • 200 BC to 500 AD Hopewell Culture • 700 AD to 1100 AD Anasazi culture develops • 1100 AD Development of the modern Iroquois • 1300 AD to 1600 AD Mississippian civilization flourishes • General Timeline • 2000 BC—Maya flourished in Guatemala and Mexico, spoked wheels appeared, Mayas and the Aztecs began to trade salt, migration into the Caribbean • 1000 AD—Cahokia is the largest Native American settlement, Norsemen built huts along the coast of North America (first European contact with the New World) • 1300 AD—Chan Chan is the largest pre-Columbian city • 1442 AD—Incas begin to expand under Pachacutec

  4. Leif Eriksson • the Norse mariner and adventurer (971-ca. 1015) • the first Norseman to seek out the coast of North America • THe introduced Christianity into Greenland • his men built lodgings, cut timber and hunted (no natives here) • named the area Vinland (because of the grapes in the area • Norsemen traded ivory (economic staple) • received the name "Lucky."

  5. Norseman • Norsemen is used to refer to the group of people as a whole who speak one of the North Germanic languages as their native language The meaning of Norseman was "people from the North“ Vikings has been a common term for Norsemen in the early medieval period, especially in connection with raids and monastic plundering made by Norsemen in Great Britain and Ireland.

  6. Mayans • Chichén Itzá--pyramid was used as a calendar: four stairways, each with 91 steps and a platform at the top, making a total of 365, equivalent to the number of days in a calendar year • The Long Count is really a mixed base-20/base-18 representation of a number, representing the number of days since the start of the Mayan era • 1000 AD - The Mayans produced some of the world's greatest art, temples and pyramids • Their cities were abandoned in this year • Mar 5, 1519 - The Mayans were able to predict their own doom, the coming of “white-skinned bearded gods” across the sea on March 5, 1519, the precise date when Hernando Cortes and his conquistadors arrived in the New World

  7. Incas • The Incas were warriors with a strong and powerful army. • Their cities and fortresses were mostly built on highlands and on the steep slopes of the Andes Mountains. • The highest point in an Inca village was reserved for religious purposes. It was closest to the sun, which represented their major god, Inti, the Sun God • Six major gods of the Inca: moon, sun, earth, thunder/lightning and the sea. • Hierarchical structure of Inca society • Sapa ( High priest or ruler, and the army commander) • Artisans, army captains, farmers (they pay the tax in the form of gold to the higher classes)

  8. Overview In 2000 BC, the Mayans flourished in Guatemala and Mexico, spoked wheels appeared, Mayans and the Aztecs began to trade salt, and migration into the Caribbean commenced. In 1000 AD Cahokia became the largest Native American settlement, the Norsemen built huts along the coast of North America—they were the first Europeans to have contact with the New World. Later, in 1300 AD Chan Chan became the largest pre-Columbian city. Lastly, in 1442 AD the Incas began to expand under Pachacutec. Overall, the time before the year 1492 was a time during which preliminary European explorers journeyed the New World and during which Indian tribes thrived.

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