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Aztec armies brought half of modern-day Mexico under its control.
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They emerged in Southern Utah, Colorado, northern Arizona and New Mexico. Their largest community housed 1,000 people.
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Disease or overpopulation may have been the cause, but the real reason is a mystery.
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The cities contained large public plazas lined with pyramids, temples, ball courts and palaces.
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The empire covered a large portion of Asia. Highways, canals and postal systems linked China together.
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These farmers dug irrigation canals in the desert of present day Arizona.
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The Roman Empire last for almost 500 years. Roman ideas about law and government spread over a wide area.
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Growth in trade was linked to the rise of Islam. The founder Muhammad taught that there is one true God.
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Zimbabwe, the most powerful, became the center of the empire.
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The earliest woodlands people lived by hunting, fishing, and foraging for nuts and berries.
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The Chinese invented this 400 years before the technology was developed in Europe.
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Shifting trade routes and disruptions caused by war gradually led Ghana to weaken.
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They encounter the Native American people who were a richly diverse group of people.
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Five Iroquois nations went through a period of warfare. Their leader convinced them to make peace, so they created the league. The league made laws to keep the peace.
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Judaism was the first major world religion to teach monotheism, the idea that there is only one God.