WI: Iroquois without Europeans

WI Europeans never reached (or at least where delayed 200-300 years) Eastern NA and Iroquois League could kept its development like it was without the European contact?
Would the Iroquois have reached the same technological and societal stage of the Incas or Aztecs? How far would the Iroquois have reached in terms of territorial evolution?
 
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The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) do not remain totally unmolested by European influence. But instead of full on contact it's more like a kick in the pants. A few things I bring up, like the near by existence of Copper and Tin are true. If the Europeans never showed up. Sooner or later, the Haudenosaunee would start bronze working and continue down the same path as many great people before them.
 
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Deganawatha TL
*Cough Cough*
Squeal TL Tagnaguya
*Cough Cough*

Man, something stuck in my throat there.

The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) do not remain totally unmolested by European influence. But instead of full on contact it's more like a kick in the pants. A few things I bring up, like the near by existence of Copper and Tin are true. If the Europeans never showed up. Sooner or later, the Haudenosaunee would start bronze working and continue down the same path as many great people before them.

Let's assume the Iroquois do develop bronze armor and weaponry then. I do see some potential for them. Having that kind of stuff presents them a huge advantage militarily over the other tribes. You might be right.
 

birdboy2000

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No Europeans means no one selling them western guns, and takes away a valuable market for the fur trade. It was these factors which drove the Iroquois empire; without it, they remain a powerful tribal confederation, but probably not nearly what they were OTL.
 
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