Both African and American Civilizations share common characteristics which include cultural and environmental similarities, a consistent food supply, governmental systems, technological advancements, and occasionally written languages or record keeping, cities, artistic expressions, significant population centers, architectural achievements, and social hierarchies.
Numerous African civilizations relied on rivers (notably the Nile) for farming irrigation, crop production, trade, and spiritual traditions. Notable civilizations on the African continent comprise Axum, Kush, and Ghana. Unique aspects of African civilizations include pyramids, traditional medicines, weaving, masking, pottery, and jewelry crafting.
American civilizations often encompass those in Latin America and among indigenous peoples of the Americas. Distinctive traits of American civilizations include mounds or pyramids, jewelry crafting, religious artifacts, weapons, chocolate, and murals.
