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People in South America first began to plant seeds and grow food.
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The Olmec civilization rose in 1300 BCE and fell in 400 BCE Location:gulf coast and southern Mexico
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The Mound Builders build the first mounds.
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Location:Ohio valley
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Adena 808 BC began to build the Great Serpent Mound
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Location:Yucantan peninsula
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Location:South west 4 corners
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Mississippi river valley
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The Mayan civilization disappeared in 900 AD
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cahokia-900 AD- Illinois St. Louis, MISSOURI
Cahokia covered 6 square miles and included 120 manmade earthen mounds in a wide range of sizes and shapes. -
northern part of North America
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Location:valley of Mexico then moved to Tenochitilan "Land of Prickly Pear."
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Anasazi people left their cliff homes, most likely because of drought
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1532 Francisco Pizarro invaded and 1572 Empire ended
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Location: Southern Peru
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By AD 1420, the great city of Tenochtitlan emerged on an island in Lake Texcoco, now part of Mexico City
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The Aztec leader, Itzcoatl, helped the Aztecs form a three way alliance with the Texcocans and the Tacubans to fight their rivals.
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The Inca Emperor Pachacuti took power and conquered the neighboring communities increasing the Inca's control.
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1519 Hernando Cortes, Spanish Conquistador, invaded
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In only 2 years the Aztec empire had been defeated by the Spanish
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In 1533 the Spanish invaded the Inca empire.
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By 1572 the Inca Empire had ended after the Spanish invaded.
