Three Old Worlds Create A New: 1492-1600 (chpt 1)
• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca: walked across North America with three other men; encountered four Christians on horseback, reached Mexico City 1536
• Paleo-Indians: first Americans, nomadic hunters and gatherers, spread throughout North and South America moving as bands, hunted animals, cultivated food crops new agricultural techniques; 12,000-10,000 BCE; migrated from Asia to North America across Beringia land bridge
• Mayas: settled on the Yucatan…
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