Dey Martin’s Reviews > 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus > Status Update
Dey Martin
is on page 300 of 563
That the Indian chiefdom of Cahokia (covering the lower half of the Mississippi) existed is a revelation, that it was an advanced society of 15,000 farmers who constructed step pyramids and had mezo-American like religious practices and social structure as early as 800 BC is fantastic and amazing. But there were earlier, much earlier advanced native peoples on this American continent dating back to at least 4000BC.
— Feb 28, 2017 09:01AM
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Dey Martin
is on page 119 of 563
Truth is that many Spaniards were killed in fierce battles with the Inca.
— Feb 08, 2017 10:44AM
Dey Martin
is on page 90 of 563
Pizarro had routed a force fifty times larger than his own, won the greatest ransom ever seen, and vanquished a cultural tradition that lasted five millennia--all without suffering a single casualty.
— Feb 06, 2017 11:16AM
Dey Martin
is on page 60 of 563
That this book is enlightening is an understatement.
— Feb 04, 2017 09:57AM
Dey Martin
is on page 30 of 563
The ancient pre-Columbus peoples of the western hemisphere (the Indians) were widespread and numerous and brilliant. Then they all but vanished. We now know they were more than what we learned in school and movies and TV. They were a thriving, advanced and diverse civilization.
— Jan 30, 2017 05:25PM
