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    Several complex societies flourished in the Americas between 1200 BC and AD 1400, including the Olmec empire in Mexico, the Maya in Guatemala and the Yucatan, the Aztecs in central Mexico, and the Inca in South America. Ancient groups in the Southwest like the Hohokam, Anasazi, and Mound Builders like the Adena and Mississippian also established civilizations and trading networks, developing advanced agricultural practices and constructing monumental earthworks and buildings.

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    Several complex societies flourished in the Americas between 1200 BC and AD 1400, including the Olmec empire in Mexico, the Maya in Guatemala and the Yucatan, the Aztecs in central Mexico, and the Inca in South America. Ancient groups in the Southwest like the Hohokam, Anasazi, and Mound Builders like the Adena and Mississippian also established civilizations and trading networks, developing advanced agricultural practices and constructing monumental earthworks and buildings.

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    Complex Societies Flourish in the Americas

    Complex Societies Flourish in the Americas


    • Empires of Middle and South America
    – Olmec
    • Believed to be the earliest empire, 1200 B.C.
    • Along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico
    • Mysteriously collapsed around 400 B.C.
    – Maya
    • Guatemala and the Yucatan Peninsula
    • Between A.D. 250 and 900
    – Aztecs
    • Valley of Mexico
    • 1200’s
    – Inca
    • South America
    • A.D. 1200
    Complex Societies Flourish in the Americas

    • Ancient Desert Farmers


    • About 3,000 years ago, groups begin growing crops in Southwest
    • Groups establish civilizations, 300 B.C. to A.D. 1400
    - Hohokam settle in river valleys
    - Anasazi live in mesa tops, cliff sides, canyons
    •Mound Builders
    • In East, Adena, Hopewell, Mississippian establish trading societies
    • Adena, Hopewell build huge burial and animal-shaped mounds
    • Mississippian people build giant pyramidal mounds
    Complex Societies Flourish in the Americas

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