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Overview | What Happened to America’s First Megacity? | Season 2 | Episode 6 | PBS

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In its prime, Cahokia was a prosperous city with a population similar to London’s. But this sprawling Native American metropolis from the Mississippian culture vanished long before Europeans arrived in North America. What happened? Now, cutting-edge scientific research offers a glimmer of hope in unraveling the mystery of Cahokia's disappearance.

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America
First-Megacity
Urbanization
Ancient-Cities
History
Archaeology
Indigenous-Cultures
City-Planning
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Civilization
Mississippian-Culture
Cahokia
Mystery
Anthropology
Environment

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