Brief introduction to world history (7) American civilization since 300 BC

America seems to be a young continent, the most important America, with a history of more than 200 years. In fact, Americans are not aborigines. Europeans discovered America in16th century, mainly from Europe. Native Americans entered the American continent from Siberia 6.5438+0.5 million years ago. In 8000 BC, the second batch of Asian immigrants appeared. They are Aleutians, the ancestors of Inuit.

With the end of the ice age. Hunting economy highlights the transformation of farming economy. BC 1500 years ago. These villages develop together. Because corn is the most common crop, cassava is in the lowlands of South America, potatoes and cotton are in the Andes, and they also eat guinea pigs, where alpacas, llamas and alpacas can also collect wool. Americans eat turkey and dogs.

Settled life has led to the rapid growth of population and the emergence of leaders. They used the religious system to establish new organizations. Many families celebrated festivals and customs around earth roadblocks, and funerals became political activities.

From 700 BC to 400 BC, religious ceremonies, buildings, sculptures, gold wares and fine fabrics in many areas all contained supernatural spiritual concepts.

At the same time, the Olmecs in Central America also used religion to achieve this goal. The chieftain plays the role of leader.

It also includes Mayans decorating pyramids and becoming religious and political symbols.

Compared with other continents, America is a young continent because it was isolated from the world until Europeans discovered it. It was not until the Europeans entered that the life of the aborigines was broken. The killing of aborigines by Europeans greatly reduced the number of Indians.

At the same time, American civilization further accelerated. It can be seen that the progress of civilization is also developed in the cruel struggle. The destruction of one civilization means the birth of another.