Cahokia

-Cahokian civilization began during the Mississippian era and lasted until shortly after the Europeans landed on the shores of what would be the United States.
-Cahokia was the largest civilization of in it's region with a population of over 20,000 people. They lived in canyons and built mounds around the Mississippi River.
- Cahokian civillization mirrored ancient Egyptian with a hierarchy very similar to theirs. They had 3 social ladders; laborers, elites, and leaders. Their laborers would build large burial mounds, again similar to egyptian pyramids, where the would bury people of a prominent position. These people would also have their servants sacrificed and buried with them.
-During the time that the Europeans landed the entire United States Indian nations were in an upheaval in terms of both political and power struggles. The main reason for this were the diseases that were brought by the Europeans. It caused a mass series of death/drought and other various situations. This also affected the Cahokians, due to the droughts their large civilization could not be sustained.and the entire civilization collapsed.
-After the collapse much of the culture stayed together in smaller unions, and eventually these smaller unions went on to form much of the Iriquios and Huron nations.
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