Mississippian Confederacy (Peak)

Overview

The Mississippian culture was a collection of Native American societies that flourished in what is now the Midwestern, Eastern, and Southeastern United States from approximately 800 to 1600 CE, varying regionally. It was known for building large, earthen platform mounds, and often other shaped mounds as well. It was composed of a series of urban settlements and satellite villages linked together by loose trading networks. The largest city was Cahokia, believed to be a major religious center, located in what is present-day southern Illinois.

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Borders & accuracy

An archaeological culture; extent is defined by where its material remains have been found rather than by political control.

• SOURCEhand-crafted from scholarly atlases
• DETAILhand-traced-from:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippian_culture
• SNAPSHOT1250
• POLITY TYPEculture

Mississippian cultural sphere ~1100-1400: Mississippi Valley from Cahokia south to Plaquemine; Tennessee/Cumberland east; Coosa-Etowah-Moundville south; Caddoan boundary west.

Also during this period

No conflict record yet names this polity as a belligerent; these overlap its dates only.

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