North American Civilization
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* Assignment: North American Civilization HIS/115 US HISTORY TO 1865 Paper
* Lewis Campfield
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According to the text, there was about 5 to 10 million people living north of Mexico before Columbus came, but where did they all come from? It turns out that America was only new to Europe. Asians and the country’s natives had inhabited the area for many thousands of years. These people were in the Americas for so long they were able to travel from Siberia by the Bering Strait (ice) to Alaska. These Native Americans were nomadic, hunters and gatherers, and soon became farmers as well. As the groups of these travelers spread their diversity grew, each area or group speaking a different language. The women of these groups would forage, and farm, cook and weave, while the men would hunt and gather. The band of people would most probably not exceed 50, and they all have a Shaman. They believed in many Gods, and used the “Shamans” as their guides to speak to these higher beings. Shamans were considered to be enlightened ones, and were highly regarded. Other than farming and maintaining ones band some of these Native Americans were known to trade goods. It is known that like Europeans the Native Americans conquered each others land, but it does not seem to be so bad because their conquers were not done over seas. Also they all were polytheistic so it was not a large difference in their
Gutierrez Map illustrated where one could find Native Americans (Indians), and two illustrations can be found in South America around where Brazil and Patagonia are today. There were few Native Americans featured in the map, and they were all depicted so small. It seems that Gutierrez was saying that they were practically insignificant. They were so much smaller and so little there was no reason why Europeans would give them a second glance, or consider them as equals. Looking at the map, South America also seems close to Africa,...
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* Assignment: North American Civilization HIS/115 US HISTORY TO 1865 Paper
* Lewis Campfield
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According to the text, there was about 5 to 10 million people living north of Mexico before Columbus came, but where did they all come from? It turns out that America was only new to Europe. Asians and the country’s natives had inhabited the area for many thousands of years. These people were in the Americas for so long they were able to travel from Siberia by the Bering Strait (ice) to Alaska. These Native Americans were nomadic, hunters and gatherers, and soon became farmers as well. As the groups of these travelers spread their diversity grew, each area or group speaking a different language. The women of these groups would forage, and farm, cook and weave, while the men would hunt and gather. The band of people would most probably not exceed 50, and they all have a Shaman. They believed in many Gods, and used the “Shamans” as their guides to speak to these higher beings. Shamans were considered to be enlightened ones, and were highly regarded. Other than farming and maintaining ones band some of these Native Americans were known to trade goods. It is known that like Europeans the Native Americans conquered each others land, but it does not seem to be so bad because their conquers were not done over seas. Also they all were polytheistic so it was not a large difference in their
Gutierrez Map illustrated where one could find Native Americans (Indians), and two illustrations can be found in South America around where Brazil and Patagonia are today. There were few Native Americans featured in the map, and they were all depicted so small. It seems that Gutierrez was saying that they were practically insignificant. They were so much smaller and so little there was no reason why Europeans would give them a second glance, or consider them as equals. Looking at the map, South America also seems close to Africa,...