HIST 1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Central Link, Andes, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Andes: sub-saharan africa, water world: polynesians in the pacific. Prester john: americans, maize, potatoes (rice, wheat, 2 major food crops that hanged everything, native american origins, potatoes limited to andes; maize wasn"t. Mayan civilization: 200 bce, development of cities, city-states, all good until collapse in 900 ce, they move south & regroup/redevelop (not as grand) and rebuild & existed until european arrival in 1500"s, complex writing system. Stone transcripts, have been translated enough to make sense of some of their lives: most of what we know is about rulers/elite & gods, not much about common daily life. Often engaged in war w/ each other. Some very gruesome, rulers had to spill blood. Elaborate stone temples tells us they had powerful states to create something on these scales tells us agriculture & surplus of food in order to supply the thousands of workers: 2. All operated on central state alliance network others who would acknowledge central states authority.
