P a r t transformations of North America

Document Outline

• PART 1: Transformations of North America 1450–1700
  • Chapter 1: Colliding Worlds 1450–1600
    • The Native American Experience
      • The First Americans
      • American Empires
      • Chiefdoms and Confederacies
      • Patterns of Trade
      • Sacred Power
    • Western Europe The Edge of the Old World
      • Hierarchy and Authority
      • Peasant Society
      • Expanding Trade Networks
      • Myths, Religions, and Holy Warriors
    • West and Central Africa Origins of the Atlantic Slave Trade
      • Empires, Kingdoms, and Ministates
      • Trans-Saharan and Coastal Trade
      • The Spirit World
    • Exploration and Conquest
      • Portuguese Expansion
      • The African Slave Trade
      • Sixteenth-Century Incursions
    • Chapter Review LearningCurve
    • America Compared Altered Landscapes
    • Thinking Like a Historian Colliding Cultures
    • American Voices The Spanish Conquest of Mexico
• Maps, Figures, and Tables
  • Chapter 1
    • Map 1.1 The Ice Age and the Settling of the Americas
    • Map 1.2 Native American Peoples, 1492
    • Map 1.3 West Africa and the Mediterranean in the Fifteenth Century
    • Map 1.4 The Eurasian Trade System and European Maritime Ventures, c. 1500
    • Map 1.5 The Spanish Conquest of America’s Great Empires
    • Figure 1.1 The Yearly Rhythm of Rural Life and Death
• Special Features
  • American Voices
    • The Spanish Conquest of Mexico
  • American Compared
    • Altered Landscapes
  • Thinking Like a Historian
    • Colliding Cultures