- Is Amerindian society that develops 150-1250 ce
- Is created by powerful chiefdoms
- Increases in agri activity and creation of the bow helps develop the military
- Expansion of trade networks
- Leads to the rise of important urban centers
- Made by earth mounds and plazas
- Most important was called Cahokia
- Had a population of about 30,00 in the year 1200
- Controlled a sig amount of land around it
- Population pressures and weather led to the decline
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Mississippian Culture
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