Native Americans Built Cities Bigger Than European Ones

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[00:00:00]Native Americans built cities bigger than European ones. Fact one, long before European contact Native Americans built large urban centers. Fact two, Cahokia near today's St. Louis had an estimated population of 20,000 people around the year 1100. Fact three, at that time Cahokia was larger than London. Fact four, the city featured massive earth mounds, planned neighborhoods, and central plazas. Fact five, Monks Mound is still the largest prehistoric earthwork in North America.

[00:00:32]Fact six, the city was a political, religious, and trade center. Fact seven, Cahokia declined centuries before Europeans arrived. Fact eight, its builders were not nomadic tribes. Fact nine, these cities were ignored in early American history writing.

[00:00:48]>> [music] >> Fact 10, North America had urban civilizations long before colonization.