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		pre-Columbian /priːkəˈlʌmbɪən  /adjectiveRelating to the history and cultures of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492: pre-Columbian tombs pre-Columbian pottery...- In many of the pre-Columbian and North American cultures (from Hopi to Inca) gemstones were admired for their physical properties as well.
 - What is it about the pre-Columbian cultures, and particularly the Aztecs, that so fascinates us?
 - Asian and African civilizations and the pre-Columbian Americas have produced a number of hierarchically structured suzerain systems of considerable longevity.
 
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