Who are the first American people in North America?

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The video likely performed well due to its educational and surprising content, challenging common historical narratives and sparking curiosity about lesser-known ancient American civilizations.

Summary

The video discusses the first major civilizations in North America, highlighting Cahokia as a significant city with a large population and a unified culture. It contrasts this with the common perception of early American history, suggesting a collective amnesia about these advanced societies.

Structure

1Introduction of the topic: first Americans
2Discussion of Poverty Point and its age
3Introduction of Cahokia as a major Mississippian city
4Description of Cahokia's size, population, and features
5Comparison to other large cities and their unified culture
6Critique of collective amnesia regarding these civilizations

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THE NORTH AMERICA THE FIRST AMERICAN PEOPLE THINK I VERY MAJOR COMMUNITY NORTH AMERICA NORTH AMERICA MOST PLACE IT'S NORTHERN LOUISIANA A PYRAMID LOUISIANA A ONE CALLED POINT IS 3500 OLD SAME AS PYRAMIDS THE MISSISIPPIAN IS CAHOKIA IT'S OUTSIDE OF LOUIS WAS HUGE POPULATION 20,000 PEOPLE PYRAMIDS A PALISADE WALL METROPOLIS AND AMERICA WE HEAR THESE CIVILIZATIONS WAS FIRST IT SPREAD MISSISSIPPI WAY ATLANTIC WERE HUNDREDS BIG CITIES 5,000 10,000 EACH UNIFIED AND CULTURE AGAIN EMPIRE WARRING STATES OF TERRITORIES OWNED KINGS THE THEM SUBSIDIARY AND

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Who are the first American people in North America? The first early humans in North America. People think I'm crazy when I say this. The very first major community in North America. It's in Northern Louisiana. There is a pyramid, Louisiana, a big one. One called Poverty Point. Is 3500 years old. So it's the same age as the pyramids in Egypt. The biggest of the Mississippian cities is called Cahokia. It's outside of St. Louis. Was huge. It had a population of 20,000 people. And pyramids all over the place, a huge palisade wall around it. A thriving metropolis. And America has a collective amnesia. We never hear about these civilizations. Cahokia was the big first city. It spread Mississippi way to the Atlantic. There were hundreds and hundreds of these big cities that had 5,000 to 10,000 people each. They had a unified and culture. They were again not empire. Warring states of territories owned by kings. The them subsidiary and kings. It's we because clearly by