D_3_21 — Cahokia: America's Forgotten Metropolis

Cahokia — located in the Mississippi River floodplain near present-day Collinsville, Illinois, approximately 13 km east of St. Louis, Missouri — was the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico and the center of

D_3_13 — Aksum Stelae: Ethiopian Monumental Engineering

Aksum (also Axum) — a city in the northern Ethiopian highlands (Tigray Region) — was the capital of the Aksumite Kingdom (c. 1st–7th centuries CE), one of the most powerful and sophisticated states of the ancient world,

D_3_22 — Great Serpent Mound: Astronomical Analysis and Cultural Context

The Great Serpent Mound is a 411-meter-long (1,348 ft) serpentine effigy earthwork in Adams County, Ohio, situated on a plateau overlooking Brush Creek — the largest surviving effigy mound in the world. The mound takes t

D_3_18 — Great Zimbabwe Trade Network Expansion

Great Zimbabwe — the largest stone structure in sub-Saharan Africa south of the Sahara — was the capital of a Shona-speaking state that controlled the gold-for-cloth trade between the Zimbabwe Plateau and Indian Ocean po

N_5_02 — Voodoo Societies — Haiti, New Orleans, and Hidden Power

Vodou (Haitian Vodou), Vodun (West African), and Voodoo (Louisiana/New Orleans) — related but distinct religious systems of the African diaspora — contain within them powerful secret society structures that have served a

N_5_00 — Modern Cultural Esoteric: Subfolder Summary

F_2_00 — Trade Networks Exchange: Subfolder Summary

F_2_12 — Saharan Trade Routes: Gold, Salt, and Knowledge Across the Desert

The trans-Saharan trade routes — a network of caravan trails crossing the world's largest hot desert (~9 million km²) between the Mediterranean coast and sub-Saharan West Africa — were among the most important long-dista

F_2_13 — Copper Trade Networks: Great Lakes to Mediterranean

The Great Lakes copper deposits — particularly the vast deposits of native (naturally pure) copper on the Keweenaw Peninsula and Isle Royale of Michigan's Upper Peninsula — represent one of the world's most remarkable mi