1. The Founding, Invading, Conquering and Settling of the “New World”

2. Pangaea: 225 million years ago

3. The Breakup/Continental Drift

4. Peopling the Continent
Where did they come from?
Northeastern Asia
About 15,000 years ago
13,000 B.C.
Across the Bering Strait
Continued south following food sources & settling
Another argument is being made that original inhabitants of the Americas started in Central America (coming from African descent) & then interspersed with the Asians that came over creating the Native American tribes in North America

5. Mesoamerica Cultures of Ancient Mexico
Olmecs
1200 BC to 400 BC
Ceremonial centers/Ritual statues
Decline between 900 BC and 400 BC

6. Mayan civilization A.D. 200 Southern Mexico Built spectacular cities
Hierarchal society
King
Nobles
Merchants & Artisans
Peasantry
Religion
Writing/Math/Calendars

7. The Aztecs
Aztec Empire
Central Mexico
The Incas
Inca Empire
Peru, South America

8. North American Civilizations
The Cliff Dwellers
The Anasazi
The Pueblo
? – 1450
Four Corners-Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah
The Mound Builders
The Adena and the Hopewell
500 BC – 400 AD
The Mississippian Cultures
800AD - discovery
Cahokia Mounds

9. Worlds Collide
European explorers claimed to have found a “new world” when they arrived in the Western hemisphere but it was only “new” to “old European eyes”
It is estimated that some 45 million Native Americans claimed the “new world” as their land for over 9,500 years