Many people in our modern day society think that Christopher Columbus was the man who started it all, the man who discovered America and voilà there was Americans. However, this was not the case, before Christopher Columbus made it to America there were many Native American civilizations already settled, but what makes a civilization, a civilization? A civilization must be multicultural, and they also must have a surplus supply of agriculture. Additionally, having a surplus supply of agriculture requires for the civilians to have roles, which is also a trait of a civilization, specialization of labor. Also, it is necessary for a civilization to have an infrastructure, such as irrigation or aqueducts,granaries, roads, and lastly, communication
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The Native American people developed many cultures, including the Aztecs and the Incas. The Aztecs and the Incas, dominated the land resulting in productive agriculture and a bureaucratic government. The Aztecs however, made trading routes, while the Incas made a solid network of roads, and administrative centers which connected everything in its high up empire. Another group of people called the Pueblo people, made irrigation systems during the times when getting water was scarce. Having this irrigation system allowed them to make villages and even mold sheer canyon walls. Some cultures in Native North America thought of war as a blood exchange between families not nations, some even believed in the idea that if one groups loses a certain amount of warriors they reciprocated by killing the same number of people in the other group.Trade networks in Native America tied all the regions together, trade included numerous goods, ritual artifacts and decorative goods. Trade also enabled the powerful to separate themselves with luxury items. Additionally, regional trade allowed for Indians specializing in a specific economic activity to exchange resources. The Pueblo people specifically also had annual trade fairs where they could trade hide and meat for corn, or trade pottery and cotton blankets. Overall, Pre-Columbian America consisted of many civilizations each containing variations of
The Native American people developed many cultures, including the Aztecs and the Incas. The Aztecs and the Incas, dominated the land resulting in productive agriculture and a bureaucratic government. The Aztecs however, made trading routes, while the Incas made a solid network of roads, and administrative centers which connected everything in its high up empire. Another group of people called the Pueblo people, made irrigation systems during the times when getting water was scarce. Having this irrigation system allowed them to make villages and even mold sheer canyon walls. Some cultures in Native North America thought of war as a blood exchange between families not nations, some even believed in the idea that if one groups loses a certain amount of warriors they reciprocated by killing the same number of people in the other group.Trade networks in Native America tied all the regions together, trade included numerous goods, ritual artifacts and decorative goods. Trade also enabled the powerful to separate themselves with luxury items. Additionally, regional trade allowed for Indians specializing in a specific economic activity to exchange resources. The Pueblo people specifically also had annual trade fairs where they could trade hide and meat for corn, or trade pottery and cotton blankets. Overall, Pre-Columbian America consisted of many civilizations each containing variations of