HIS 315K Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Native American Religion, Pueblo Revolt, Premarital Sex
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The natives were groups of people who spoke many different languages and lived in very different societies. However, they were decedents from bands of hunters and fishers who came into the americas by crossing the bering strait: some people did travel by sea to arrive in the americas, much like the colonists. The ne(cid:449) world (cid:449)as (cid:374)ot reall(cid:455) a (cid:858)(cid:374)e(cid:449) (cid:449)orld(cid:859). It (cid:449)as (cid:374)e(cid:449) to the europea(cid:374)s (cid:271)ut a(cid:374)(cid:272)ie(cid:374)t to the natives who have been living there for thousands of years. When europeans arrived the americas were not an empty wilderness waiting to be tamed. There were cities, roads, trade networks, and so much more: example city: tenochtitlan, the capital of the azte(cid:272) e(cid:373)pire, (cid:449)as o(cid:374)e of the (cid:449)orld(cid:859)s largest cities with about a 12 million population linked by a system of roads. The natives societies were not as advanced as the europeans but had made some advancements of their own. Poverty point commercial and governmental center.
