1. First Americans
... the "Formative" period, the beginning of agriculture turned some settlements into more or less year-round villages and eventually cities. In hunting practices, and most living habits, the very early Americans had little reason to change from the ways of their northern forebears. But in one respect their new home on the ... . In Mississippian society, at the top of the social scale stood a Great Sun who ruled his community and the region around it with absolute power. Below him was a graded aristocracy, its upper echelon consisting of his relatives, known as lesser Suns, followed by Noble...
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