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  2. List of pre-Columbian cultures - Wikipedia

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    Some of these civilizations had long ceased to function by the time of the first permanent European arrivals (c. late 15th – early 16th centuries), and are known only through archaeological investigations or oral history from nations today. Others were contemporary with this period, and are also known from historical accounts of the time.

  3. 500 Miles - Wikipedia

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    [4] [7] Johnny Cash is known to have included "500 Miles" on his list of 100 essential country songs in the early 1970s. [8] Folklorist Norm Cohen writes that 900 miles, rather than 500, is the most common distance referenced in versions of the traditional song, but other distances including 400 miles and 10,000 miles also appear. [7]

  4. Timeline of North American prehistory - Wikipedia

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    800–1500: Mississippian culture spawns powerful chiefdoms of great agricultural Moundbuilders throughout the Eastern woodlands. 875: Patayan people begin farming along the Colorado River valley in western Arizona and eastern California. 900: Earliest event recorded in the Battiste Good (1821–22, Sicangu Lakota) Winter count. [5]

  5. Pre-Columbian era - Wikipedia

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    Artist's reconstruction of Poverty Point, 1500 BCE. Until the accurate dating of Watson Brake and similar sites, the oldest mound complex was thought to be Poverty Point, also located in the Lower Mississippi Valley. Built about 1500 BCE, it is the centerpiece of a culture extending over 100 sites on both sides of the Mississippi. The Poverty ...

  6. History of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    It emerged from the earlier Las Vegas culture and thrived along the coast of Santa Elena peninsula in Santa Elena Province of Ecuador between 3500 BCE and 1500 BCE. [citation needed] Norte Chico. One of the oldest known civilization of the Americas was established in the Norte Chico region of modern Peru. Complex society emerged in the group of ...

  7. Hedy West - Wikipedia

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    West's most famous song was 500 Miles, put together from fragments of a melody she had heard her uncle sing to her back in Georgia. She copyrighted the resulting song. 500 Miles has been recorded by Bobby Bare (a Billboard Top 10 hit in 1963), The Highwaymen, The Kingston Trio, Peter, Paul and Mary, Peter & Gordon, Rosanne Cash, and many others ...

  8. 'Fly 1,500 miles home with me to vote': These Americans are ...

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    “Fly 1,500 miles home with me to vote,” Kayla Iutzwig says in a TikTok video showing her packing a suitcase and heading to the airport. The 21-year-old lives in Los Angeles but is registered ...

  9. Post-classical history - Wikipedia

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    In world history, post-classical history refers to the period from about 500 CE to 1500 CE, roughly corresponding to the European Middle Ages.The period is characterized by the expansion of civilizations geographically and the development of trade networks between civilizations.