Zuni
More recently, Zuni culture may have been related to both the Mogollon and Ancestral Pueblo peoples cultures, who lived in the deserts of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and southern Colorado for over two millennia. The "village of the great kiva" near the contemporary Zuni Pueblo was built in the 11th century AD. The Zuni region, however, was probably only sparsely populated by small agricultural settlements until the 12th century when the population and the size of the settlements began to increase. In the 14th century, the Zuni inhabited a dozen pueblos between 180 and 1,400 rooms in size. All of these pueblos, except Zuni, were abandoned by 1400, and over the next 200 years, nine large new pueblos were constructed. These were the "seven cities of Cibola" sought by early Spanish explorers. By 1650, there were only six Zuni villages.
Zunyi Medical College
The college was founded in 1947 as the Dalian Medical College. The college was relocated from Dalian to Zunyi and renamed Zunyi Medical University in 1969. After 60 years of history, the college has already grown into a comprehensive centre for medical education.
Zunyi Medical University (ZMU), a key medical college at the provincial level in Guizhou Province, is located in Zunyi, a historically, culturally and scenically celebrated city. ZMU’s predecessor, Dalian Medical University, was the first medical college established by the Communist Party of China in 1947. It was, on the orders of the State Council, moved to Zunyi in 1969 to support the development of the Southwestern China and renamed as Zunyi Medical University. The 62 years since its foundation has witnessed ZMU developing into a highly accredited multi-disciplinary and multi-specialty medical education institution.