Latin America And Its People 1800 To Present 1800 To Present

1. The First Peoples of the Americas. The First Americans. Coming to America. Subsistence Strategies and the Development of Agriculture. Sedentary Communities and Ceremonial Centers. Ceremonial Centers in Mexico and Peru. The Olmec: "Mother Culture" of Mexico? ChavÍn de Huantar in Peru. The Cities of Classic Mesoamerica. Monte AlbÁn. Teotihuacan. Maya Civilization in the Classic Era. Peru after ChavÍn. The Moche. The Nazca. Tiwanaku. The Wari Empire. Mesoamerica and Peru, 900-1400 CE. The Toltecs. The Mixtecs of Oaxaca. The Postclassic Maya. Peru after Tiwanaku and Wari. The World of Early Americans. People and Their Environment. Early Americans and Their Beliefs. Communities, States, and War. Conclusion. Latin American Lives: Pacal the Great, King of Palenque, 603-683 CE. Slice of Life: The Craft Workers of Chan Chan, 1400 CE. How Historians Understand: Archaeology, Literacy, & the Study of History. 2. Americans and Iberians on the Eve of Contact. Mesoamerica in the Fifteenth Century. The Rise of the Mexica. Mexica Statecraft. Mexica Religion. Everyday Life in the Time of the Mexica. Mesoamerica on the Eve of the Spanish Invasion. The Andes in the Fifteenth Century. The Rise of the Incas. Inca Statecraft. Andean Religion in the Time of the Incas. Everyday Life in the Time of the Incas. The Aztecs and Incas Compared. The Diversity of American Peoples. The Tainos and Caribs. The Tupi of Coastal Brazil. The "Pueblo" Peoples of New Mexico. The Spanish and the Portuguese. Centuries of Conquest. Medieval Iberia and the Reconquista. Iberian Monarchies in the Fifteenth Century.