Timeline of the Americas Foldout Chart

“Indians” was a name given to the people which meant “children of God”. Columbus saw the native Americans as a special group of people, and was honoring them with the name Indians. So not sure how it would be offensive, but Native American is also a fair title

Im 52% native american . id prefer Injin

Lmao the Karl Marx face in the corner when you mentioned social classes is golden😂

This is fascinating. And i wish that schools would teach as well and as much useful info as you do.

I love these charts. Great guides for project-based learning. I use them as scaffolding and students do research to fill in the details with the most current data available. Thanks so much for sharing!

im digging your channel...really helpful in understanding complex timelines of history made simple

Im more interested in an UPDATED VERSIONS. THERE ARE SOO MANY STRUCTURES FOUND RECENTLY BY LIDAR.. yeah Much More i wiukd love to see. Thanks for sharing.

Your voice sounds like the guy that does "Stories of the Bible" from Saddleback kids

You misses the mixtec

You should do etymology charts and you'll see that native, Indian, and indigenous all mean the same thing.

Was anything happening in Patagonia before Europeans? Probably not to much is known about Amazonians I believe as well

Show it to republicans 😅

The Mayans first developed a civilization (monumental archetecture) roughly at the same the same time as the Olmecs.
From Wikipedia;

”Nakbe in the Petén department of Guatemala is the earliest well-documented city in the Maya lowlands,[41] where large structures have been dated to around 750 BC.”

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Ghengis Khan is in Australia 2023.

wish you went more into polynesian contact, and east asian lamelar and warbow spreading through northwestern pacific tribes, great video otherwise

Loving this visual approach to learning about from all your videos. Awesome job. You totally missed the Jaredites, Nephites, and Lamanites though, from the Book of Mormon. According to that source, huge advanced civilizations were riding around on horses and chariots, fighting each other with steel swords and armor, growing wheat and barley, and expanding across the entire continent for a thousand years. Lol

could you do a chart on American (US) Indians. I have been traveling through the south west (New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, California) and there is so much history that is never discussed.

Interesting how 2 civilizations so far away from each both made structures in the form of pyramids.

I think it would be easier to call them North Native Americans. Yes, no, maybe? 🤔

Many years ago while traveling in New Mexico I made the mistake of using the term "Hispanic". I was quickly told the following: You have people that consider themselves Spanish in identity. They see themselves as descendants of the European Spanish who conquered the SW US at one time. It doesn't matter if they are not genetically pure Spanish, have mesoamerican genes or light or dark skin. Then you have people who identify as Indian culturally and want to be called that exact term. Not native American. Again, the genetic percentages don't matter at all because this is all about identity. Lastly you have people that identify as Mexican. Regardless of how much European ancestry or mesoamerican ancestry they may have they will always identify as Mexicans. The work Latino(a) doesn't even come into play here

What about the paleolithic age of the american people?

There are not "The Americas" as the same as there are not "The Europes". America is one continent that is divided in North, Central and South America.

Great videos where do you get you’re information I would like to study more of these and other cultures thanks

What a nice continent. Hope that no one "DISCOVERED" it.

The reason we cannot "assume", or more clearly stated, the reason we do not know, is due to the lack of a written record. It is for that reason "migration" is being used, and not invasion, conquest, etc., because there is no written record of the native/indigenous people warring with one another, even though the entirety of human history would suggest otherwise.

While I respect where UsefulCharts is coming from, the real driver behind the thought of North American native/indigenous people being "uncivilized" has everything to do with the fact they were living a predominately pre-historic lifestyle. No written record, stone and bone tools, and lack of any identifiable permanent settlements. The only notable exception is the Southwest of North America which was clearly influenced by Mezoamerica, but the people arriving from Europe would not know that..

Thanks for the video. As a turkish person, i don't know early history of america well enough and you helped me a lot to have a general view to american history. If we are going to learn history, we need to look from all sides so we can have a wider spectrum and can think in more general. I am looking forward to see the european chart ☺️

The Incas did not build Machu Picchu. Every time when asked who built Machu Picchu they claimed it was the people of the Gods the Hill People the Giants Etc. But they have never claimed and have always denied ever having anything to do with building Machu Picchu.

I think you are partially confusing the Pueblo with the Anasazi, the Anasazi are considerably more ancient and considerably more advanced in their day.
Most of the collapse of all of these American groups just before the published arrival of the Europeans comes from the fact that in the 1300s there were visitations here and at least one of them talks about some of them having the plague which was still present in Europe. That's why when the white man first got here they were seeing evidence of entire Villages that it look like everybody just vanished from them and left them to fall into ruin. It probably killed 60 or more percent of the entire population across North Central and South America.
It also sounds like you have a tendency to stick with the Clovis first proposition which is been found extremely wanting to say the least. Many tribes have memory of coming from the East some tribes have memory of coming across the ocean from the West. Very few have any memory of coming across the Bering land straight.

I happen to be American Indian, and the term indian is not offensive. But what is offensive is Canada trying to tell me that they treat their Aboriginal people any better than they are treated in the United States by the American government which is absolute Balderdash. I have seen how badly the American Indian live in Canada, and it is no better. Aside from that there is recent evidence that the Indian name is applicable here in the Americas at that name was used for areas of the world that aren't necessarily in India.

I'm sorry but this is completely wrong. You forgot to add all the wacky Mormon stuff that totally 100% happened.

I'd say andean civilization is underepresented in this graph. In Peru, we usually divide our history in 3 large empires and eras in between and it only show incan empire ( only once century). Nazca is an important culture but where is Chavin? Or wari? Or chimu?... there are many things going on only in Peru + other "andean" cultures..... This video could be improved.

Thank you for your quick overview. Some time ago I did some extensive study and enjoy the History of the Americas and the original people. Well Done. ☺

Loving your work Matt! Noticed the 'dawn of everything' copy at the start of your video- I've just started reading it and, alongside your book, it's helping me feel grounded and inspired in the midst of such global strife. Would love to see you put together some hopeful-history charts 😊

This is great! Thanks!

lol people in america at least 23,000 years ... whole families of them

PSA to people in Atlantic Canada who say "Mikmak" its pronounced "Migmaw"

Can u go further into the precalssical meso American culture and perhaps include cultures that are not as commonly known such as the cultura chupicuaro

Now, this is going to be fascinating

Would love to see a videa like this about the South American timeline...

genuinely curious, do some First Nations really accept the term Indians? If so, I’d love to have a talk with them and hear their arguments. i personally hate it. I find offensive to both us First Nations AND people from India. “True” Indians have an history that deserves to be known and not mixed with others, and it’s the same thing for out culture here in Canada.

I wish native Americans could have kept records throughout history. Most tribes didn't even have a written language. Think the Maya people the only confirm tribe to have a written language

Just gotta ask, why did you choose not to grey out when the areas were under foreign rule like you've done on the other charts?