Pre-Columbian Americas

Introduction
Although most of Per-Columbian North America north of modern Mexico did not see the formation of large states, Latin America was the home of some very notable empires. Mesoamerica staged the home of cultures such as the Olmec, Tolec, Maya, and Azetec. Likewise, in south America, many cultures grew in the Andes, and these later became the basis of the famous Inca Empire, which established controll over the entire Andes. Pre Columbian American empires were advanced civilizations with an organized social structure that flourished in art, mathematics, astronomy, and (perhaps most notably), architecture and engineering. When the Spanish Conquistadors appeared, it wasn't their weaponry, but the diseases they had with them that brought an end to these empires.

Mesoamerica and South America Cities of the Old Kingdom of Maya Fall of Tollan Forgotten Civilizations of Meso-America Oaxaca The Inca The Siege of Tenochtitlan What happened with the Nahuatl-Speaking People after the Conquest of Mexico? Why study Pre-Contact Americas? North America History of the Native Americans Lewis Wetzel Nations of the Woodlands: The Most Important Tribes of the American East Tecumseh Text: Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America by Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca The First Americans The Fur Trade in North America The Shingas North America: Military History The French-Indian Wars The Mexican American War The Pontiac’s Rebellion: The Prince and The King European Colonialization and Forward See Early Modern Era