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The Mayas lived in the Él Peten region of Guatemala from 600 BCE to 800 CE. They were excellent builders and constructed magnificent cities and pyramids. They moved to the Yucatan peninsula around 800 CE. By the 1500s the Spanish had conquered most of the Mayas, but they still exist today as a distinct culture.
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The Olmecs are believed to be the earliest Mesoamerican culture to develop an advanced civilization. They lived in the forests of Veracruz and Tabasco. They created beautiful and intricate artwork, such as gigantic stone heads. Scholars believe that overpopulation, warfare, and environmental degradation led to their demise.
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Grew their own food (feudalism)
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The Aztecs lived in present-day Mexico City. They created chinampas. Less than 100 years after the Aztec met the Spanish, they dissapeared.
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wars against Muslims stopped
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writes book about travels
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The Inca Empire stretched through Peru to Bolivia and Ecuador. They created a complex government. They had no written language. In 1532 the Spanish conquered the Inca.
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By Johann Gutenberg
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Present-day Dominican republic
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In 1519 Cortes set sail with 11 ships, 16 horses, several large fighting dogs, and 530 conquisadors. Cortes intened to conquer and colonize and the behalf of the king of spain and in the name of Chrisianity.
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Pizarro invades Inca with 160 men and several horses.
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The Inca had too few European weapons, and too few soldiers who could use them efficiently. The Incas were defeated in 1532.
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Thomas Hobbes wrote a book about his own perspective of the government, kings, and his beliefs about man.
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John Locke wrote a book about his own perspective of the government, kings, and his beliefs about man.
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The colonists wrote the declaration of independence to become free from the British crown and established the United States of America.
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The French began the French revolution against the french monarchy.
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