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Americas Discover Columbus: The Geography of Latin American History James Hayes-Bohanan, Ph.D. paxmundo.org webhost.bridgew.edu/jhayesboh. GEOG 520: The Geography Behind History. Voyages. Latin Spoken Here?. Global Atmospheric Circulation Model. Seasonal Pressure and Precipitation Patterns.
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Americas Discover Columbus: The Geography of Latin American HistoryJames Hayes-Bohanan, Ph.D.paxmundo.orgwebhost.bridgew.edu/jhayesboh GEOG 520: The Geography Behind History
Mexico City Texcoco Tenochtitlán www.semarnat.gob.mx
Teotihuacán www.world-mysteries.com
San Pedro Cholula Cholula www.crystalinks.com/mexico.html
Mexico City September 1985, Magnitude 8.1 quake centered in the subduction zone off Acapulco killed more than 4,000 people in Mexico City, more than 300 kilometers away. earthquake.usgs.gov
Complexity • Water management food surpluses surplus labor • Nobles and priests • State-organized military • Cities with secondary and tertiary sectors • Ceremonial metals • Monumental architecture • Systematic record keeping • Water management food surpluses • Nobles and priests • State-organized military • Cities with secondary and tertiary sectors • Ceremonial metals • Monumental architecture • Systematic record keeping www.peru-explorer.com Blouet & Blouet pp. 56-57
Sophistication Shifting cultivation among tropical forest farmers (Blouet & Blouet fig. 3.3) MILPA AGROFORESTRY
Modernization Lee Clockman
May 4, 1493 http://es.encarta.msn.com
Earth at Night NASA.GOV
Latin America at Night NASA.GOV
Columbian Exchange PLANTS ANIMALS PEOPLE DISEASES MINERAL WEALTH RAW MATERIALS MANUFACTURES TECHNOLOGY after Blouet & Blouet, p. 74 ¡MUSICA! Dr. Michele Levy North Carolina A&T Univ. The Dream of Christopher Columbus 1959, Salvador Dalí