The Mississippians
From about 700 CN until Europeans are exposed and colonial, most of the Southeast and between the American continent is the homeland of an agricultural civilization called the Mississippians. One of their largest cities, Cahokia, is located near Collinsville, Illinois today. Estimated six square miles wide, Cahokia has a massive central square, large soil pyramids, and wooden structures shaped similar to Stonehenge used to monitor the stars. Some estimates of Cahokia's population are 40,000 people, with many people living in villages outside the main city. Like other mysterious lost civilizations that once existed, experts do not know for sure what led to the gradual destruction of the Mississippi. Common theories suggest that decline is the result of environmental degradation or hunger and disease due to poor hygiene conditions.
A long time before Europeans came to North America, the people called the Mississippians built a great city surrounded by giant earthen pyramids and a structure like Stonehenge made of wood to follow. Monitor the motion of the stars. Called Cahokia today, people can still see what is left in Illinois. At its peak in the range of 600-1400 AD, the city stretches on an area of 6 square miles and has nearly one hundred mounds as well as a huge large square in its center. Its population can be up to 40,000, and some of them will live in remote villages. The people of this great city, the largest up to now to the north in Mesoamerica, are talented artists, architects, and farmers, creating incredible works of art with shells, copper, and stone. They even shifted a branch of the local Mississippi and Illinois rivers to suit their irrigation needs.
- Time: 600 - 1400 AD
- Location: American Southeast and Midwest
