The Americas During the Middle Ages 9 th grade World History.
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The Americas During the Middle Ages
9th grade World History
Early Americans
• Between 100,000 and 10,000 years ago, people began crossing a land bridge between Asia and the Americas
• As they spread, new cultures and beliefs began to emerge
• Focus is on Mesoamerica, or the areas of Mexico and Central America
The Maya and Toltec
• Maya– Between A.D. 300-900– Yucatan peninsula– Up to 100,000 inhabitants
in cities surrounding temples
– City-states governed by hereditary rulers
– Advanced in astronomy and other sciences
• Toltec– Around A.D. 900-1200– Controlled upper Yucatan
The Aztec
• Began building a civilization in 1325
• By 1500, four million lived under Aztec control
• Pyramids, temples, and palaces destroyed by Hernan Cortes in 1520
The Inca
• Began in the 1440s• A state built on war• 200,000 armed forces
made it the biggest and best armed army
• Diminished due to an epidemic of smallpox
• Francisco Pizarro and Incan allies destroyed the capital and took control in 1535