The human history of the Americas is thought to begin with people migrating to these areas from Asia during the height of an ice age. These groups are...
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The genetic history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas is divided into two distinct periods: the initial peopling of the Americas from about 20...
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Population figures for the Indigenous peoples of the Americas before European colonization have been difficult to establish. Estimates have varied widely...
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During the Age of Discovery, a large scale colonization of the Americas, involving a number of European countries, took place primarily between the late...
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The naming of the Americas, or America, occurred shortly after Christopher Columbus's death in 1506. The earliest known use of the name America dates...
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History of America may refer to: The History of the United States The History of the Americas The European colonization of the Americas This disambiguation...
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The Spanish colonization of the Americas began in 1493 on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) after the initial...
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The archaeology of the Americas is the study of the archaeology of the Western Hemisphere, including North America (Mesoamerica), Central America, South...
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In the Americas, Indigenous peoples comprise the two continents' pre-Columbian inhabitants prior to European colonization of the Americas in the 15th...
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The decolonization of the Americas occurred over several centuries as most of the countries in the Americas gained their independence from European rule...
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Latin American studies History of South America British colonization of the Americas, Danish colonization of the Americas, Dutch colonization of the Americas...
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The History of North America encompasses the past developments of people populating the continent of North America. While it was commonly accepted that...
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The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA, or in Spanish-speaking countries the Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas, ALCA) was a proposed agreement...
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The peopling of the Americas began when Paleolithic hunter-gatherers (Paleo-Indians) entered North America from the North Asian Mammoth steppe via the...
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like the histories of Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. The history of Africa stands at the dawn of human history with the evolution of anatomically...
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The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Latin American History is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering political, social, economic, intellectual...
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Francis Drake arrived aboard the Golden Hind at New Albion in California in 1579. The European colonization of the Americas, and the resulting Atlantic slave...
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The colonial history of the United States covers the period of European colonization of North America from the early 16th century until the incorporation...
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The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. After European colonization...
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The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, known initially as India Nova, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South...
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The history of Chinese Americans or the history of ethnic Chinese in the United States includes three major waves of Chinese immigration to the United...
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The British colonization of the Americas is the history of establishment of control, settlement, and colonization of the continents of the Americas by...
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journal specialising in the history of the Americas and Chile. It was established in 1961 and its first director was Jaime Eyzaguirre. The first editorial committee...
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American history, or the history of American residents of Mexican descent, largely begins after the annexation of Northern Mexico in 1848, when the nearly...
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The history of the Jews in the United States goes back to the 1600s and 1700s. There have been Jewish communities in the United States since colonial times...
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began colonizing the Americas in the 16th century and continued into the following centuries as it established a colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere...
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Japanese American history is the history of Japanese Americans or the history of ethnic Japanese in the United States. People from Japan began immigrating...
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BP (3700 BC–3100 BC). Watson Brake is considered the oldest, multiple mound complex in the Americas, as it has been dated to 3500 BC. It and other Middle...
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Asian American history is the history of ethnic and racial groups in the United States who are of Asian descent. The term "Asian American" was an idea...
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Pre-Columbian era (redirect from Prehistory of the Americas)
In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, or as the pre-Cabraline era specifically in Brazil, spans from...
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