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Bookmark or Share- Cahokia - WikipediaCahokia was the largest and most influential urban settlement of the Mississippian culture, which developed advanced societies across much of what is now the Central and the Southeastern United States, beginning more than 1,000 years before European contact.
- Ancient Native Americans Once Thrived in Bustling Urban CentersCahokia in modern-day Illinois, at its peak around 1250 A.D. had a population of 20,000—close in size to medieval London. Like a modern city with suburbs, Cahokia’s outer edge was a...
- Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site - UNESCO World Heritage CentreCahokia Mounds, some 13 km north-east of St Louis, Missouri, is the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico. It was occupied primarily during the Mississippian period (800–1400), when it covered nearly 1,600 ha and included some 120 mounds.
- Cahokia Mounds | Location, Map, Illinois, & Facts | BritannicaCahokia Mounds, Illinois, designated a World Heritage site in 1982. Cahokia was first occupied in 700 ce and flourished for approximately four centuries (c. 950–1350). It reached a peak population of as many as 20,000 individuals and was the most extensive urban centre in prehistoric America north of Mexico and the primary centre of the ...
- Cahokia - World History EncyclopediaDefinition. Cahokia is a modern-day historical park in Collinsville, Illinois, enclosing the site of the largest pre-Columbian city on the continent of North America.
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