SEPARATE WORLDS, DYNAMIC CULTURES

I. Asian Invasion of America

• Migration across Beringia
  
• Isolation, dispersion and growth of American population

II. Variety of North American Cultures, ca. 1450

• Algonquian
• Iroquois
• Mississippian
• Pueblo
• Aztec

III. Emergence of Expansionist Europe

• Crisis of the 14th century
  
• Recovery of the 15th century
  
• Technological innovation

IV. Chinese Counter-example

V. European Trade with Africa and Beyond