Migrations to the America's
While civilizations competed for power in the Tigris-Euphrates Valley area, in Egypt, and in India, people also lived in North and South America. Where did these people come from? how did they happen to be living on a continent separated from the rest of civilization by oceans? The latest findings in anthropology indicate there were tow major paths of migration from the Eastern to the Western hemispheres:1) across the Bering Strait from the Northeast Asia to Alaska and down the Pacific Coast:2) across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean area a feat recently accomplished in an Egyptian-like boat.
Bering Strait
A large portion of land connected the extreme northeastern part of Russia to the land knows today as Alaska. People crossing the Bering Strait however did not realize they were crossing from one continent to another. At the time of these migrations the area looked much different than it does today. There was much more land in some places it was as wide as the distance from the distance from the Great Lakes to Texas. People following game spent many years crossing this area. Parallel soils and vegetation in Western Africa and eastern South America my indicate the two hemispheres were one land mass and the continental drift was more recent than supposed. Cultural patterns such as the ziggurat negroid facial features and artistic perspectives were often "Old World."
Summary
The history of the Americas began as a struggle for survival in a new environment After the Indians began to grow their own food supply the story changed. People struggled against each other. As they learned to control their food supply people had more tome to turn their creative talents into works of art. The stage was set for the flowering of more involved civilizations.