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Cahokia Mounds: The Largest Ancient City in North America. Kimberly Lin.
In Southern Illinois, situated along the Mississippi River in Collinsville, an ancient settlement that we call Cahokia rose to great power between 800 800-1200 CE. Nicknamed America’s Forgotten City or The City of the Sun, the massive complex once contained as many as 40,000 people and spread across nearly 4,000 acres. The most notable features of the site are hand hand-made made earthen mounds which held temples, political buildings, and burial pits. Cahokia Mounds are a testament to the highly organized culture of the early Mississippian people who built the largest city in pre pre-Columbian North America.
