The Olmec Tribe
Aztecs. (:
Concerning the age of exploration in the Western Hemisphere, two Native civilization stand out as having a sophisticated culture. The Aztecs in Mexico and the Incas in South America each had knowledge of architecture, ways to measure time and the ability to grow.
The Teotihuacan civilization.
The Mayan civilization.
The Mayan civilization qualifies as such.
The Aztec civilization.
The Cahokia tribe, a pre-Columbian Native American civilization located near present-day St. Louis, Missouri, constructed large mound-shaped structures. Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site preserves the largest prehistoric Native American city north of Mexico.
It was the Aztec civilization.
The development of agriculture.
In speaking about the Native Americans of the Western Hemisphere, the laws or customs were not written laws. They were commonly accepted practices that varied from one Native Tribe to another. In the larger Native American empires of Mexico and South America, the Tribes were large and rather sophisticated. In areas north of Mexico, in North America, most tribes were smaller and cannot be said to have been as sophisticated as the Tribes of the Aztecs and Incas, as two examples.
The Mayan civilization qualifies as such. However, besides present-day Mexico, it also spanned Guatemala, Belize, Honduras and El Salvador.
There is no direct evidence of Maya influence on the Anasazi culture. The Anasazi were a prehistoric Native American civilization in the Southwestern United States, while the Maya civilization was located in Mesoamerica. However, both civilizations had their own unique cultural developments and interactions with neighboring societies.