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The Colonisation of the Americas
La Colonización de las Américas
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“The Colonisation of the Americas” (“La Colonización de las Américas” in Spanish) is a short non-fiction Spanish reading about exploration. When European explorers arrived in the Americas, they set off a chain of events that would reshape entire continents.
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Opens at A2 · 4 min read · 446 words · native-recorded audio
Antes de 1492, millones de personas vivían en las Américas. Había grandes civilizaciones como los aztecas en México, los mayas en Centroamérica y los incas en Sudamérica. Estas civilizaciones tenían ciudades enormes, sistemas de escritura, calendarios avanzados y conocimientos de astronomía y agricultura.
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