Description The territory stretching from northern Mexico to Chile is one of six world regions where Ancient civilizations arose--joining Egypt, the Near East and Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, North China and Southeast Asia.
The intellectual and artistic accomplishments of the Ancient American peoples rival those of the others, including fully developed writing systems, the tallest structures in the western hemisphere until the 20th century, and textiles and painted ceramics.
Description The territory stretching from northern Mexico to Chile is one of six world regions where Ancient civilizations arose--joining Egypt, the Near East and Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, North China and Southeast Asia