loc978 said:
Its a shame they got booted out of the Americas by the Native tribes of that area.
and with that end, I would say the Native American people. Which? Well, its hard to choose. The Inca were powerful, the Mayans brilliant, and the Aztecs just blood thirsty. And thats not even getting out of South America (you can call it Central America, but there's no eight continent called it).
If disease hadnt run through the people, I'm pretty sure they would have knocked the Europeans out of the Americas in the North with numbers, and the fact that they only needed a person to teach them how to make guns was incredible then they pretty much would have stalled the European powers.
So I would say the Cherokee, cause thats my tribal descent. Though there's alot of other cultures I admire and respect, like the Shawnee, The Miami, the Hopi, the Comanche.
Sorry, its hard to find something that they did in in picture. They lived in the forests and eastern coasts, so they didnt exactly have a lot of huge area for building. But they did have education for everyone and was far more advanced sociologically then the European. Thats just hard to display in picture.
EDIT: found some architecture.
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/before1500/architecture/pictures/cherokeewinter.jpg
Dont laugh. Europeans almost got wiped out in a winter. Natives just laughed in their warmth.
I would also say the Zulu culture. I know someone from it in my college, and he's an interesting enough kinda guy. We get to talk about how Europeans screwed us over. XD Joking. Well, kinda. Them and their dick measurings.
http://www.zulu-culture.co.za/graphics/sticks.jpg
