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Native American Tribes such as the Incas were extremely well with technology, and used it for there advantage for trading networks. The Aztecs also had a unique religion, in which they were polytheists who believed in human sacrifice.

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"200 BC–500 AD: The Hopewell tradition begins flourishing in much of the East, with copper mining centered in the Great Lakes region."

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"200 BC–500 AD: The Hopewell tradition begins flourishing in much of the East, with copper mining centered in the Great Lakes region."

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-Wikipedia

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500–1 BC: Basketmaker phase of early Ancestral Pueblo culture begins in the American Southwest.

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500–1 BC: Basketmaker phase of early Ancestral Pueblo culture begins in the American Southwest.

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-Wikipedia

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As early as 1500 B.C.E., their living area was blocked by the Yucatan peninsula. However they began agriculture, building temples, & doing trade networks.

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Mesoamerica moved around a familiar place such as the Mayans & that's where Mayan Culture began.

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These figures were drawn to represent Kings rather than Gods. They were to be drawn with a mixture of animals & humans. They had polytheistic beliefs so there was multiple figures.

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Their location was near a farming area so they became farmers. They cultivated maize, cotton, squash, beans, sweet potatoes, manioc, & rubber.

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The historic region of Mesoamerica comprises the modern day countries of northern Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, and central to southern Mexico. For thousands of years, this area was populated by groups such as the Olmec, Zapotec, Maya, Toltec, and Aztec peoples.

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just an FYI: they didn't only do human sacrificing but other kinds of practices as well.

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They did many ritual practices like human sacrificing, cave rituals, offerings, etc. The reason why they did human sacrifices personally was to appease their gods. It was used to control fear & spiritual belief as well.

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Their area was being declined when Olmec Culture began to gain prominence. No ritual centers were there so they assumed they moved. According to environmental historians, they have a theory that a volcano erupted their farming lands which shortly ended the time of the Olmec's.