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Natural land bridges formed when water levels dropped.
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The land bridge was once again covered in water. Leaving some hunter and gatherers in the Americas.
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The Omlec were the first civilization in the Americas.
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Lived along the gulf coast of that is present day Southern Mexico. First Americans to use stone in sculptures and architecture.
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They were one of the first Mound Builders. They lived along the Ohio River.
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They came to Central America.
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The Mayan's developed a complex culture in the forest of present day Mexico and parts of Central America.
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They lived along the Ohio River.
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They were from the Four Corners region in the Southwest.
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The Anasazi began in the Southwest. In the Four Corners region.
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There is no known reasons for their disappearance.
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They lived along the Mississippi River and built small rounded piles of earth to bury their dead.
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They lived in Central America and Mexico
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Inca's established their empire
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They lived in southern Peru. They eventually conquered from present day Ecuador to central Chile.
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Hernan Cortes led his soldier in to the Aztec civilization. It led to the Aztec emperor, Montezuma's death.
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After the Spanish invaded, they brought diseases that were very deadly to the Aztecs.
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The Inca empire was weakened because of civil war.
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Inca's were already weakened by civil war when the Spanish invaded. It did not take long for their empire to end.
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After acquiring horses they became skilled horse breeders and traders.