How come no north american civilization has been originated?(unlike the Inca and Aztec Empires)?

Question

Unlike native american from south america and central america which formed great empires, the native american from north america hasn't made any unified civilization.

What are the reasons for that difference ?

Answer 1

Because the people of the north did not develop sendentary and agricultural societies before their southern or mesoamerican counterparts. North American Indigenous peoples were scattered, herding and practicing slash and burn techniques while those (Incas, Mayans, Aztecs) in the south had already settled down into agricultural civilizations.

Once a society becomes agricultural, food surpluses and subsequent population boom results. Because one farmer can now feed 25 people with the crops he grows, people can focus on specilialized jobs in the arts or mathmatics; i.e. higher knowledge. Higher knowledge leads to further developments in agricultural practices, increasing the farmer:population ratio even more. Then, once a society is not burdened by the search for a consistent food source (they are settled down in agriculture), they can focus on conquering, inventing, and becoming a great civilization.

Short answer: Agriculture.

Answer 2

Actually there were several. There were mound builders along the Mississippi in Ohio and clift dwellers in the southwest..
Most of these civilizations did not have extensive metal working skills but did well trading and in agriculture.

Mississippi- Woodland
Anasazi- Southwest

Mississippi Mound Builders”
Poverty Point (900 BC)
Adena in Ohio valley (700-100 BC )
mound and ritual centers
Hopewell civilization: 100 BC to 1000 AD
Mississippi river trade network
Agriculture, ritual centers, burials, copper, art

Mississippian Civilization
800-1500 AD
Moundville
Cahokia
Monk’s Mound = temple complex
urban centers of up to 20,000 people

Southwest (Anasazi)
based on desert irrigation
Urban centers in cliffs for protection
Canyon de Chelly
Mesa Verde
Ritual center at Chaco Canyon
Pueblo Bonito Kiva

Answer 3

there was no reason for them to.......they owned all of the americas; the gold, the land, the water ways; that WAS their empire. And everything they had was quite literally stolen from them by the invaders by pure mass of force. And since the native americans couldn't ALL be killed off while they were trying to protect what was theirs, they got rounded up and put on little plots of land that the invaders didn't want "at the time". The native americans lost their pride; their land; their food; and even their religion through unadulterated greed...plain and simple.

Answer 4

That is an interesting question. The US natives do seem to be a less glamourous culture and more in tune with nature and the earth. Maybe because they were nomadic (no expert here, just going off the bs i learned in school) or perhaps their religion didn't call for such lavishness.

I now want to know.

Answer 5

There are but not as discussed as the Inca Maya or Aztec the only one that I can think of off the top of my head are the Anasazi who were the predecessors of the Pueblo