The Americas is a collage of differences and similarities. Civilizations, like the waves at the shore, will ebb and flow throughout history. They might rise and fall, but more often than not, they will not fall without leaving behind their legacies, upon which life is built.

The Olmecs: the rubber people (1,500-400 BCE) -- The Maya: the K'iche' people (3000 BCE-1511 CE) -- The Aztecs (1250-1521 CE) -- The Andean civilizations and the Incas -- South America: Peru, Chile, Brazil, and Venezuela from pre-Columbian times through colonization -- South America: Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay from pre-Columbian times through colonization -- South American wars of independence -- The natives in North America (13,000 BCE-1492 CE) -- Iceland and Greenland -- The European colonization of North America, 1492-1733 -- North American conflicts, including America's War for Independence, 1754-1783 -- North America: Mexico and Canada, 1821-1982 -- Cuba and the West Indies -- Conclusion.