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Near today's St. Louis, Cahokia grows into the largest city north of Mexico, perhaps ten to twenty thousand people around Monks Mound, the largest earthwork in the Americas. By 1350 it is empty.
How it was checked
- EvidenceT6 PHYSICAL / OBSERVATION; Status: ADDED 2026-09-30
- Letter eraTHE CAPTURE 313 to 1302
- SourcesPauketat 2009; Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site.