FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
PRE COLUMBIAN AMERICA
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Mexico and central America
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Peru and centural America
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Mexico, central America and Texas
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Mexico, central America and areas of south America near Peru
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Detailed explanation-1: -pre-Columbian civilizations, the aboriginal American Indian cultures that evolved in Mesoamerica (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western South America) prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th century.
Detailed explanation-2: -“Pre-Columbian” thus refers to the period in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Muisca of Colombia, postdating the Herrera Period, Valdivia of Ecuador, the Quechuas and the Aymara of Peru and Bolivia were the four most important sedentary Amerindian groups in South America.
Detailed explanation-4: -What Does Pre-Columbian Mean? In the history of North America, the term pre-Columbian, refers to any group of people that was present on the continents of North and South America prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492.
Detailed explanation-5: -Between 1800 and 300 BC, complex cultures began to form. Many matured into advanced pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations such as the: Olmec, Izapa, Teotihuacan, Maya, Zapotec, Mixtec, Huastec, Purépecha, Totonac, Toltec, and Aztec, which flourished for nearly 4, 000 years before the first contact with Europeans.