Timeline of North American prehistory - Wikipedia
WEB1492: Christopher Columbus sails in search of a new route to India and lands in the Caribbean, leading to the first European contact in the Americas since the Norse colonization of North America 500 years earlier. 1497: Italian navigator John Cabot sails from England to Newfoundland.
Timeline of pre–United States history - Wikipedia
WEBThis section of the timeline of United States history concerns events from before the lead up to the American Revolution (c. 1760). Antiquity. c. 27,000–12,000 years ago – Humans cross the Beringia land bridge into North and then South America. Dates of earliest migration to the Americas is highly debated.
History of the Americas - Wikipedia
WEBAfter the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492, Spanish and later Portuguese, English, French and Dutch colonial expeditions arrived in the New World, conquering and settling the discovered lands, which led to a transformation of the …
North America, 1000–1400 A.D. - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
WEBOverview. Consolidation of populations and incipient political centralization characterize the period, particularly in the Eastern Woodlands and the Southwest. The success of food crops such as maize and beans allows for meaningful concentrations of peoples.
North America, 1400–1600 A.D. - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
WEBOverview. At the beginning of the fifteenth century, many native peoples populate North America. They speak countless languages and follow diverse patterns that are adapted to, and vary with, their environments.
The earliest Americans arrived in the New World 30,000 years ago
WEBJul 22, 2020 · People travelled by boat to North America some 30,000 years ago, at a time when giant animals still roamed the continent and long before it was thought the earliest arrivals had made the crossing from Asia, archaeological research reveals today.
North America Timeline - World History Encyclopedia
WEBVikings first land in North America, in Newfoundland and other parts of eastern Canada.
North America before c. 1500 - Smarthistory
WEBBeginner's guide. The original inhabitants of the Americas traveled to North America from Asia. Glossary for pre-Columbian art. The Mesoamerican Calendar.
25.4: North America - Humanities LibreTexts
WEBIn 1896, more than 1,000 carved and painted wooden objects—including masks, tablets, plaques, and effigies —were excavated in Key Marco, southwestern Florida. They have since been described as some of the finest prehistoric Native American art in …
Exploration of North America - HISTORY
WEBOct 29, 2009 · The idea of “America” antedated America’s discovery and even Viking exploration. That idea had two parts: one paradisiacal and utopian, the other savage and dangerous.
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