History of Magic Notes - Year 1
written by Ivy GreenBriar
A collection of my History of Magic notes as a first-year Ravenclaw
Last Updated
12/15/22
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Lesson 3: The Americas
Chapter 2
- The Clovis (Kaia-Vaha)
- Archaeologists named them in 1933
- Brought phoenixes with them from Egypt or India
- Muggles and wizard-kind lived together
- Present throughout the Americas
- Died out during the Mass Cooling
- The Olmec
- First use of hierarchy
- Witches and Wizards made up the rulers and shamans
- Muggle priests came next
- Artisans, laborers, and farmers followed at the bottom
- Rulers were believed to be reps of gods
- Creators of Great Pyramid, archaeological site of La Venta, in Tabasco, Mexico
- Also created giant stone heads
- The Maya
- Lived around the same time as the Olmec
- Lived in Central America
- The "Early" and "Middle" block of Mayan history are considered pre-classical (2000 BCE - 300 BCE)
- Some of the first people to form village-orientated lifestyles
- Used Jade and Obsidian
