Early Civilizations in the Americas: Almanac (Early Civilizations in the Americas Reference Library) Vol 1 – 3 (repost)
Early Civilizations in the Americas: Almanac (Early Civilizations in the Americas Reference Library) Vol 1 – 3 by by Sonia G. Benson
English | ISBN: 0787692522 | edition 2005 | PDF | 926 pages | 105 mb
English | ISBN: 0787692522 | edition 2005 | PDF | 926 pages | 105 mb
Many American history books begin with the year 1492 and the discovery of the Caribbean Islands by Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus (1451–1506). For the great civilizations of Mesoamerica and South America, though, 1492 proved to be the beginning of the end of their civilization.
The products of thousands of years of history—the great cities, the architecture, markets, governments, economic systems, legal systems, schools, books, holy shrines—even the daily prayers of the people—were about to be willfully eliminated by the conquering European nations…