When comparing and contrasting the development and later decline of major Indian cultures, one must come to understand the way of living of each culture. What did each culture develop in order to live, and what fault did they encounter which later caused them to fall? Usually, that fault of these cultures comes from the Earth itself. When looking at the Indian culture as a whole, one comes to understand the strife that Native Americans once had endure, despite the overwhelming conditions of their environments. Most commonly, the sudden change to colder, drier climates led to the decline of these cultures because of their unprepared ill-equipped lives which usually consisted and thrived on the basis of a warm atmosphere.
To begin, each culture must be first be identified, generalized with other cul
The fall of these cultures simply goes to the fact that there were sudden changes in climate that gravely affected the crop growth and ‘stock’ feed that these cultures had solely depended on. To the Hohokam, the worsening desert conditions later caused their demise, as weather eventually destroyed the rest.
tures in order to compare. The Hohokam tribe, which was situated near what is today southern Arizona were the ancestors of the present-day Pima-Papago. The Hopewell and Mississippian cultures are linked together because the Hopewell culture, which faded somewhere after 550 A.D. was then ‘transformed’ one might say into a similar religious cult known as the Mississippian culture, which endured until 1500. Both cultures were located in the forested core of the Midwest. The Mississippian cul
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