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Civilizations in the Americas:

Civilizations in the Americas:. Norte Chico and Olmec. Norte Chico.  Norte Chico emerged between 3000 and 1800 BCE with as many as   twenty-five urban centers Norte Chico differed in several ways from Mesopotamia and Egypt:  smaller cities without walls or signs of pervasive warfare

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Civilizations in the Americas:

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  1. Civilizations in the Americas: Norte Chico and Olmec

  2. Norte Chico •  Norte Chico emerged between 3000 and 1800 BCEwithas many as  twenty-five urban centers • Norte Chico differed in several ways from Mesopotamia and Egypt: smaller cities without walls or signs of pervasive warfare • less evidence of economic specialization  • no grain-based agriculture  • did not develop certain technologies like pottery developed an accounting system based on the quipu (a series of knotted cords) but no writing system. • Unusually self-contained; only import was maize, derived from Mesoamerica

  3. Norte Chico provided the cultural framework for future Andean cultures including the Inca.

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  5. Olmecs • The Olmec produced a First Civilization much later :around 1200 BCE • Cities arose from competing chiefdoms and produced elaborate ceremonial centers • Created the first written language in the Americas by about 900 BCE • Culture influenced later civilizations in Mesoamerica, including the Maya and Teotihuacán

  6. The Olmecs are refereed to as the Mother Civilization of Mesoamerica

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