Native+American

=What if no European countries colonized America?=


 * Pre-Columbian Era**:



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 * The North in contrast to South America didn't create an empire with political systems like the Aztec, Mayas, and Incas. The Natives in north of Mexico build a variety of complex civilizations. Three societies emerged:
 * The Eskimos of the Arctic Circle fished and hunted seals. They traveled the frozen land by dogsled.
 * In Far West, the tribes build communities that were successful. They lived based on fishing, hunting small game, and gathering. In some part of the areas, they build agricultural society. The dense agricultural society was mostly in Southwest such as in the Great Plain. They were mostly engaged in sedentary farming.
 * The Woodland Indians lived in Eastern part of what is now United States and had the greatest food resources. They were simultaneously in farming, hunting, gathering, and fishing.
 * Linguistics in North America:**


 * What we already know after Europeans colonized America**
 * The Native American population during the Pre-Columbian era was estimated to be 100 million according to the recent estimates. The natives could have fended off the foreigners. However, the enmity between the tribes were extensive enough to work together with Europeans in order to defeat other tribes. With no enemy against the Europeans, foreign colonies prospered as the native population dwindled.
 * Throughout the colonization by Europeans, the Natives was involved in somewhat in helping the foreigners to adapt to their environment and teach the way of living in the New World. Massasoit who was the leader of Wampanoag helped the pilgrims who came to the New World by teaching them how to farm thus the Thanksgiving Day was founded.




 * Major What If.....**
 * Native Americans back in the day had their own irrigation systems and complex technologies like the Europeans. The Natives in fact had the ability to evolve their technologies and would have similar effect in the Europeans. However, the time to bridge the technology difference would prolong as they were not completely connected globally to receive information. By the time European colonized in America, their technologies had made so much advancement than Natives because they share information in a large network like the Chinese. In the 9th century, the Chinese created gunpowder, but that news of how to make it didn't travel to the New World. Gunpowder is chemically made from sulfur, charcoal, and saltpeter (Potassium nitrate). The Natives didn't have the knowledge to create something similar like the gunpowder. However, the neighboring empires such as the Aztecs who were more advanced would have enough knowledge to develop in the future if the Europeans didn't colonize the New World.
 * The cultures and traditions that resides within the Natives would remain the same. Their principal subsistents which were mainly hunting, gathering, and agriculture (which were mundane European lifestyle) would be indifferent compared to modern time. If the Aztecs and other advanced Empires enters into a period of technological advancements, the lifestyle of the Natives would be greatly affected. However, unrecorded history that didn't happen would be hard to predict as no one exactly know the future. As a result:
 * As technology advances, mundane lifestyle would be the same as today (but without the foreigners) and secluding themselves
 * Or continue the lifestyle as hunters and gatherers.
 * The mutiny between Native tribes would still continue as it was evident when the Natives helped the Europeans to destroy other tribes. As the tribe leaders greed increase for wanting to expand their power, there would be an empire like the Aztecs and Incas with a monarchy. Their technology would slowly advance because of knowledge that was accumulated over the year.




 * Religion**
 * Before the European colonized America and spread Christianity, the Natives had their own religion. They believed in **anua** (souls) that exists in all people, and restricts the tribesman from excess hunting. There are many gods and goddess such as Goddess **Sedna** or **Takanaluk** who oversee how the closely the tribe obeys the taboos and releases her animals to the hunters accordingly.