Worlds Collide: Europe, Africa, and America Chapter 1.

Worlds Collide: Europe, Africa, and America

Chapter 1

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Arrival

• Main migration was years ago – (some historians argue as long as 40,000)

• Over land bridge• Land bridge across Bering Sea ( )

• Moved and through Americas following wildlife

Bering Land Bridge

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Animation of Bering Land Bridge

Manley, W.F., 2002, Postglacial Flooding of the Bering Land Bridge: A Geospatial Animation: INSTAAR, University of Colorado, v1, http://instaar.colorado.edu/QGISL/bering_land_bridge.

http://instaar.colorado.edu/QGISL/bering_land_bridge/

Migration

Across Bering Land Bridge ( ) south and east

Native Culture by 1500’s

• million in the Americas

– (high estimates of 100m)

• Present day US/Canada = in 1492

– Europe had – Africa had

World Populations

55

80

60Americas

Europe

Africa

•Mayans in Yucatan

•Incas in Peru

•Aztecs in Mesoamerica

Amerindians

North American Native Cultures

• Semi-sedentary/semi-nomadic– Small, scattered settlements with migration with

mixed economy

North American Native Cultures

• Diverse societies semi-sedentary/semi-nomadic– Mixed economies

• Farming, hunting, gathering• Trade networks

– Built villages/towns– Diverse languages– Religious beliefs

Regional North American Cultures: Pueblo

• Rio Grande Valley

• Hohokam and Anasazi developed established communities thousands of years before Europeans arrived

• Europeans referred to them as “Pueblos”– Elaborate irrigation systems– Multi-storied and terraced dwellings

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