The Aztecs, Toltecs, Mayans, Olmecs, and the other people of Mesoamerica developed the first great city states of North America in ancient times
First the Chimu, and Wari people built tremendous coastal civilizations, later the Incas fortified their mountain Kingdom in the Valley of Cuzco creating the largest Empire of the Americas
Before the new world was colonized,America was an amazingly complex patchwork of Indian tribes, confederacies, and nomadic hunters, now known collectively as Native Americans
By the time Romans had conquered Egypt in the first century, the Pharaohs had already ruled for almost Four Thousand years
The far north of Canada is home to the Inuit, one of the few ancient cultures that adapted to the remote frozen tundra of the Arctic circle, as well as many other peoples of the great boreal forests
After the fall of the earliest Mesopotamian civilizations, the Persian Empire rose to become the greatest military force in the ancient world
Anyone living in the western world can trace the influence the ancient Greek world had on their modern day society, from democracy to philosophy and the classical arts
A sampling of some of the few writings to survive the conquest of Mexico, including actual poms from Aztec kings, and early depictions of the colonial era.
A timeline of all the major epochs and eras in the precolumbian world of Mexico and Central America, with descriptions of the cultures and societies that flourished in chronological order.
