Monday, September 17, 2012

Pre-Columbian Societies "Demographics & Diversity"

Before 1491, societies throughout America were not as sophisticated as today as a more obvious statement to say the least. But, many societies were very sophisticated for there time period, such as the Aztec or Myan society, which even had their own government as well as multiple cities throughout their civilizations, that had been governed by this central government. Societies such as the Iroqouis, which had a confederation as their government, but was eventually made into a democracy. Like many societies they even went to war with each other, due to the fact that they had many many tribes throughout the New York area. The Anasazi tribe, was a tribe mainly dedicated to farming, but the females were the farmers. While the males were not farmers more often gatherers or hunters. The diversity in these civilizations kept most of them in there own areas, limiting the confrontation between civilizations. In many of these civilizations the females were mostly stay at home moms, and the men were on top, hunting, gather, and provide protection for their society.

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