history notes 

clovis people

  • Nomadic peoples from Northeast Asia migrated over “Beringia” 12,000 to 45,000 years ago
  • Paleo-Indians, (skilled hunters, and gatherers) Ate large mammals, berries, and seeds
  • Ancient peoples may have arrived by boat
  • Clovis peoples, named after Clovis New Mexico, lived in vans with families of 5-10 people
  • 5000 BCE people living in New Mexico began adapting to the warmer climate by transitioning into farmers, (corn, beans, squash, chili peppers, pumpkin) MORE FOOD SPURRED

  POPULATION GROWTH

  • Agricultural Revolutions, caused the growth of civilization, the development of cities and the transforming of society

mayas

  • Dominated north America
  • Developed a rich language and elaborate works of art
  • Used advanced astronomy and math to develop a new calendar
  • Highly developed civilization, nice cities, better government, palaces, cohesive ideology
  • 900 AD Complex Mayan culture COLLAPSED, ecological reasons (overused the rainforest, tried to overdo the farming)
  • Widespread deforestation, overpopulation, civil wars all contributed to the fall of the Mayan society

toltecs

  • war-like people that conquered most of mess-america in the 10th century
  • withdrew from the droughts, res and invasion

inca empire

  • by 1500 they stretched across the andes mountains in South America transformed their empire into a towering civilization
  • major South Americans empire

mexica(aztecs)

Europeans called Aztecs

○ Drifted towards southern highlands of Mexico

○ Ruthless, believed that the God’s had sacri ced themselves and wanted to pay them back….o ered ritual sacri ces of live people to pay them back

○ Priests used stone knives to cut out the still-beating hearts of victims

iroquois league

East Northern America, Woodland Society \n ○ Largest European encounter \n ○ Adarnadac Mountains to Great Lakes.. Now what is Northern NY and Pennsylvania ○ Had 5 tribes \n ○ Mohawks, Onidas, odendogas, sennecas, and cayagas…created a confederacy for strength ○ All the land was owned in common by the people \n ○ Distinct ideas of property. NO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP

culture of Iroquois

Matrilineal, men married into women’s families

●  Easy for women to get a divorce

●  Women exercised political power, lobbying, made equal contributions in sustaining the community

●  Played an important role in military a airs. Supplied the Moccasins with food

●  Stark contrast to how European did things in child upbringing

●  Late potty training, sexual exploration

renaissance

new knowledge and technologies

  • Intellectual revolution \n Religion and science \n Began in Italy and spread across Western Europe More secular idea, biblical centered view of the world
  • Practical application of new ideas, enabled the age of exploration stronger , larger sailing ships with cannons
  • Development of better compasses and maps Invention of gunpowder, rearms, printing press
  • Trading between western european, asia, and middle east Caravels ships…two of Columbus ships were caravels Explored Canary islands and west coast of africa
  • Ivory,spices,andslaves,silk \n Continued all around Africa in search of the Indies Islands