Compare And Contrast Meso-American Civilizations

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According to the reasearch the Meso-American civilization were more advanced than the northern Americans from there Population size. the Meso-american population ranged from 5 million to 12 million and the North American ranged from 2 million or as High as 5-6 million.

Mesoamerican civilizations began to form such as Olmec, Maya, Mixtec, and Aztecs, which expaned for about 4,000 years before any European contact. These civilizations have been accredited with many inventions such as: building pyramid temples, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, accurate calendars, fine arts, agriculture, engineering, and the Wheel. Without any draft animals, the wheel was used as a toy (pretty much useless). They also used fine metals like gold and copper

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