The Moche
The collapse of the Olmec state
in Central America, about 400 BC, seems to
have opened the way for other people to develop states
of their own. The Moche were one of these kingdoms. They started up around
100 AD along the Pacific coast of South America, in what is now northern
Peru. The Moche kingdom was mainly based on farming corn
and beans, like the Maya at the same time. There
were big complicated irrigation
systems all over the area controlled by the Moche. Nobody knows exactly
what the government of the Moche looked like - it may have been an empire,
or it may have been a bunch of independent city-states
united by having the same language and culture, like classical
Greece just a little earlier.
To find out more about South American history before 1500, check out these books from Amazon.com or from your library:
Ancient Rome (Eyewitness Books), by Simon James (2004). For kids.
Handbook of Mediterranean Roman Pottery, by John W. Hayes (1997). Hayes has been the leading expert on Roman pottery for the last several decades.
Roman Pottery, by Kevin Greene (1992). Greene is another pottery expert, particularly interested in what pottery can tell us about the Roman Economy.
Aztec
Inca
South America after 1500 AD
North America before
1500 AD
North America after
1500 AD
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