Geography: the Aztec homeland The origins of Aztec civilization lay in the large mountain-rimmed Valley of Mexico. This was a huge basin whose floor was some 2,500 feet above sea level and surrounded by high mountains reaching up to 6,000 feet. Much of the land was unsuitable for farming, but by intensive and innovative agriculture what […]
Native Americans
The United States of America – I
The American Revolution Background The Great War for the Empire, 1754-1763 (otherwise known as the French and Indian War, or in Britain as the Seven Years’ War) eliminated French power from North America and extended British power to all territories east of the Mississippi river. Ironically, the completeness of the British victory set the scene […]
The Maya civilization
The Maya Civilization
Inca Empire
The Incas conquered a huge empire in ancient South America, starting in Peru and expanding into Ecuador, Bolivia, Chia and Argentine, just before the Spanish conquest