HIST 2055 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Yellow Fever
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Most use the 5-7million estimate for north america: diversity b. i. Hard to know how to talk about them because there are so many b. ii. At least 12 different major linguistic groups: 3 major groups c. i. Pueblo new mexico area c. i. 1. c. i. 2. c. i. 3. Create incredible cities underneath cliffs mesa verde. Dig apartment complexes inside caves bandelier c. ii. Tend to be hunters and gatherers, some fishing and agriculture, moved into little villages c. iii. Tend to be primarily hunting, some agriculture (corn: why don"t indians eliminate europeans at once, to europeans, the concept/name of indian meant only that they weren"t. European or african easy to lump them all together: europeans were often killed when they tried to invade c. Indians would generally look at europeans as unfit, ugly, and smelly c. i. On the other hand, they"d bring cool shiny stuff c. ii. Possible to use the newcomers to defeat neighboring/rival tribes c. v.
