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| the first Americans; waves of immigrants from Asia may have crossed a land bridge that then connected Siberia and Alaska |
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| lived in examples of small settlements; were nomads that followed buffalo on the Great Plains; men made tools/hunted, women grew crops (corn/beans/tobacco) |
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| (SW) lived in multi-storied buildings and developed irrigation systems for farming |
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| Adena/Hopewell/Mississippian |
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| mound-building cultures that evolved in the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys as well as elsewhere; relied on hunting/fishing/farming which allowed for the development of permanent settlements |
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| (NE)formed a political confederacy, the League of the Iroquois, which withstood attacks from opposing Native Americans/Europeans during the 17/18th centuries |
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| AD 300-800: built remarkable cities in the rain forests of the Yucatan Peninsula |
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