The World Before the Opening of the Atlantic

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The World Before the Opening of the Atlantic Chapter 1 The World Before the Opening of the Atlantic

The Earliest Americans The earliest Americans came to North and South America over the land bridge known as the Bering Land Bridge. These Americans are called Paleo-Indians They crossed the Bering Land Bridge from 38,000 BCE and 10,000 BCE About 8,000 BCE the land bridge disappeared due to global warming and rising oceans

Olmec and Maya 1200 BCE- the Olmec developed the earliest known civilization in Mesoamerica. Olmec civilization ended around 400 BCE. 200 BCE- Maya were building large cities

Olmec

Maya

Aztec Fierce warriors Migrated to Central Mexico in about 1100 BCE Founded Aztec capital, "Tenochtitilan" in AD 1325 By the early 1500's they ruled the most powerful state in Mesoamerica

Aztec

Inca Started out as a small tribe Known for building and for Art Built fortresses, roads, and rope bridges

Inca

Native American Cultures Anasazi- around 1500BCE they lived in the "four corners region." (Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah) Built Pueblos and Kivas What are pueblos and Kivas?

Native American Culture Areas North and Northwest West and Southwest Great Plains Northeast and Southeast In groups look up and describe these cultural groups in the text p. 12-14

Trading Kingdoms of West Africa Kingdom of Ghana Kingdom of Mali Songhai Empire

Ghana By 800 Ghana controlled of the trading routes in Western Africa. Islam grew in Africa at this time. When they lost control of their trading routes the empire fell

Ghana

Mali Mansa Musa- famous ruler Converted to Islam Encouraged the building of Mosques What is a Mosque?

Songhai Empire Askia the Great- greatest ruler of Songhai Empire Also heavily Islamic Built a better government system, supported education, and building a professional military

Slave trade of west Africa Turn to p.20 and read the section West African Slave Trade

Europe Greek and Roman Government Democracy Middle Ages Renaissance Black Death

Europe European countries that participated in colonizing the new world Great Britain France Spain Portugal Belgium

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