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11654121262OlmecFirst major civilization0
11654126151Olmecslash and burn, obsidian weapons, trade routes, traded rubber, animal domestications1
11654139821OlmecPolytheistic, social classes, San Lorenzo, La Venta, Tabasco, Veracruz2
11654146904MayanGuatemala, slash and burn, crop rotation, stone age3
11654158427MayanCalendars and buildings, pyramids, bridges, Sacbe (roadways), astronomy, zero4
11654172480ToltecMexico city, obsidian trade, Topiltzin, Quetzalcoatl, militaristic, buildings, pottery, golden age5
11654189535Kwakwaka'wakwVancouver Island, fishers, hunter-gatherers, canoes, traded fish, masks, slaves, woodworking6
11654199771AthabascansWestern Canada, Eastern Alaska, nomadic hunters, pragmatism, kinship based on 'sibs', powerful spirits, trade with North America, caribou fences7
11654213325Coast SalishNorth Oregon, north, central, south, traded dried fish, patrilineal, shaman, traditional hunting techniques, oral tradition8
11654233743Chinooktraded fur, jardon, killed by small pox9
11654237943Mississippiansouth US, small communities, clay houses, chieftains, pottery, stone tools, corn based economy10
11654248581Mississippiantrade networks, public networks, stone tools, hierarchy government, matrilineal11
11654269183Anasazifour corners, agricultural era, Chaco canyon, baskets, pottery, adobe pueblos, lived in dangerous cliffs, log ladders, kivas, polytheistic, mud and stone structures12
11654284535Arawakstaino, Yucayeque, Quisqueya, agricultural base, slash and burn, traded crops, stone making, weaving, carved canoes, matrilineal, Naborias, Nitanos, batey, polytheistic13
11654309240AztecsAztlan, Nahuatl, carved pictures, city states, agricultural base, two calendars, obsidian blades, canoes, polytheistic, Tlachtli, ritual almanacs, sacrifice14
11654331503IncasAndean highlands, Tawantinsuyu, militaristic, Pachacuti: Inca, Topac Yupanqui: extended, Huayna Capac: stopped invasions15
11654359538Incasagricultural base, mita service, barter system, llama caravans, cult of ancestors, split inheritance, Sun god: Inti, Huacas, Cuzco, state bureaucracy, Quechua language, quipu, irrigation system, inca queen linked to moon, system of roads, calendar16

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