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Agricultural Settlements

Agricultural Settlements. Advantages: Easier to feed the population Larger populations Easier to defend Division of Labor. Native Americans 1490. 18-20 million 4 million 1 million 1/3 East of Mississippi River. Differences from Europeans. No wheels or sailing ships

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Agricultural Settlements

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  1. Agricultural Settlements • Advantages: • Easier to feed the population • Larger populations • Easier to defend • Division of Labor

  2. Native Americans 1490 • 18-20 million • 4 million • 1 million • 1/3 East of Mississippi River

  3. Differences from Europeans • No wheels or sailing ships • No domesticated animals • Copper was the only metal

  4. Mexica = Aztecs • 8-25 million in the empire. • Worshipped Huitzilopochtli (war god) • Human sacrifice of POW’s • Collected tribute from conquered tribes.

  5. Mexica = Aztecs • Warriors were the highest class • Oral tradition so much of their history is lost.

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