The World of the First Americans fH Thousands of years after migration ended, most people in the Americas lived in smal] hunting. ning villages. But complex empires or fal ‘emerged too. BW The Maya flourished from 250 to about 900. They built pyramids and developed an accurate calendar ‘The Aztecs ruled their region from the early 1400s to 1521. They built canals, aqueducts, and large cities. The Incas expanded along the Andes Mot from 1438 to 1532. They devised bookkeeping, a road network, even brain surgery lee Age, 10,000 B.C. [Clserice,pormenent | emp 12,000 AC. [i seaice,wineronly | Sp 17,000 8c. [a Giacer orice sheet Sb 10,000 8. Possible Migration Routes tek by [Shoo Present coastline ee Age coastline SP 7,000 B.C. Athabascan SP 4,000 8. Aleut, nue => Internal migration [After reaching land free of ice, early migrants to North America PACIFIC spread out by land and by sea. The far north was settled last. OCEAN EMPIRES OF THE AMERICAS. Empires Eo Hopewell, 200-500 Bi Maya, 250-900 BBB Arasaii, 900-1350 Hohokam, 300 8.1450 ‘Azcec, 1400-1821 Inca, 1000-1832 Mississippian, 700-1600 North of the Maya, Aztecs, and Incas were the Anasazi ‘and Mississippian trading tempires and the irrigated lands of the Hohokam. ‘Mayan carvings can still be seen on temple walls in Mexico, Guatemala, and B