1. Agricultural Settlements
Advantages:
Easier to feed the population
Larger populations
Easier to defend
Division of Labor

2. Native Americans 1490 18-20 million 4 million 1 million
1/3 East of Mississippi River

3. Differences from Europeans
No wheels or sailing ships
No domesticated animals
Copper was the only metal

4. Mexica = Aztecs 8-25 million in the empire.
Worshipped Huitzilopochtli (war god)
Human sacrifice of POW’s
Collected tribute from conquered tribes.

5. Mexica = Aztecs Warriors were the highest class
Oral tradition so much of their history is lost.