Compare And Contrast Mesoamerican Americans

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Comparison Essay Two In the 15th century, Europeans discovered the “New World”, they discovered native civilizations that had expanded for more than 2,000 years. They also developed a wide knowledge of agriculture, astronomy, mathematics and the arts. Many early Americans carved large stone statues and reliefs, painted extensive mural cycles, and mastered the arts of weaving, pottery and metalwork. In Mesoamerica, Olmec people built pyramids from colored clays, as well as carvings of their rulers and gods. Olmec artists also placed paintings and made sculptures out of jade. Many architectural features in mainly all Mesoamerican cultures and far as the north as the southwestern United States.
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