The Americas: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Continents of North and South America Starting from the Olmecs through the Maya and Aztecs to European Colonization and Independence Movements

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Americas then keep reading...The one-character trait that sometimes surpasses the human instinct for survival is curiosity. When humans discovered an entire hemisphere that lay beyond their own Eastern Hemisphere the race was on.What opportunities would these new lands hold? Surely a small country in Europe could wield the power of an empire if it could claim these new lands in the Americas. After all there was new fertile land in these Americas the lure of wealth the entertainment of exciting wildlife productive vegetation and the marvelous treasures that shone and glittered. The cry for gold overcame all the peoples mortal fears. It echoed in 1528 in the search for the ethereal El Dorado in 1632 in Venezuela and in the frigid Yukon in 1896.The countries came and claimed and clashed as they tried to mix and meld. Instead they found themselves caught in the dialectic of opposing sides caught in a game of tug-of-war over acres of plains and pampas sand and stones mountains and mesas.In The Americas: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Continents of North and South America Starting from the Olmecs through the Maya and Aztecs to European Colonization and the Independence Movements you will discover topics such asThe Olmecs: The Rubber People (1500-400 BCE)The Maya: The Kiche People (3000 BCE-1511 CE)The Aztecs (1250-1521 CE)The Andean Civilizations and the IncasSouth America: Peru Chile Brazil and Venezuela from Pre-Columbian Times through ColonizationSouth America: Argentina Uruguay and Paraguay from Pre-Columbian Times through ColonizationSouth American Wars of IndependenceThe Natives in North America (13000 BCE-1492 CE)Iceland and GreenlandThe European Colonization of North America 1492-1733North American Conflicts Including Americas War for Independence 1754-1783North America: Mexico and Canada 1821-1982Cuba and the West IndiesAnd much much more!So if you want to learn more about the Americas scroll up and click the add to cart button!