Understanding & the idea of progress
2 facets of progress: direction/uniformity
Categories of understanding:
1. Demography
Where from?
Projections of progress
Precolonial vs. pre-Columbian
2. Biology/epidemiology
3. Diversity
Distribution of languages & language stocks
The geography of diversity
4. Technology
Subsistence & control of environment
Survival?
Climate
5. History
The rise and fall of societies
Maintenance & diffusion of technologies
Technologies & benefits?
Populations, life spans and life styles
Some Peoples:
1. South America/Peru/Inca
Extent of empire
High altitude agriculture
2. Yucatan/Valley of Mexico
Mayans & language
Chronology
Aztecs & triumvirate of empires
Production & floating fields
Cities on the lake
Temples & sacrifice
Enemies
3. Moundbuilders & chronology
4. Woodlands of northeast
Densities of population
Seasonality & mixed economy
Technology of forests
Wampum & empires
Population & war
Five Nations & strategic alliance
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