SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION
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Question
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land bridge
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Bering Strait
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nomads
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theory
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Bering land bridge, also called Beringia, connected Siberia and Alaska during the late Ice Age. It was exposed when the glaciers formed, absorbing a large volume of sea water and lowering the sea level by about 300 feet.
Detailed explanation-2: -The settlement of the Americas began when Paleolithic hunter-gatherers entered North America from the North Asian Mammoth steppe via the Beringia land bridge, which had formed between northeastern Siberia and western Alaska due to the lowering of sea level during the Last Glacial Maximum (26, 000 to 19, 000 years ago).
Detailed explanation-3: -Located between Alaska and Russia, the Bering Strait is the only marine gateway between the icy Arctic and the Pacific Ocean. At its narrowest point, the strait is only 55 miles wide.