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MesoAmerica

By Ashley Hartt

Maya

The Maya civilization started around 300 AD in the Central American rainforest. Their government is ruled by kings to independent city-states. Their economy is based on the agriculture and trade around them. Some of their biggest achievements in science and technology would be the charting of the planets, moon, and sun, the Mayan calenders, numbers, and glyphic writing. They believe in a polytheistic religion that they perform sacrifices for the gods' pleasure and the belief of reincarnation. The civilization finally fell in 900 AD from invasion and famine from soil exhaustion.

Maya Fun Facts

  • They played a game called Pok-A-Tok that would sometimes sacrifice the losers
  • Many temples were built alligned with celestial events
  • Mayas considered crossed eyes, flat foreheads, & big noses beautiful and often used makeup to make their noses appear larger

Aztecs

The Aztec civilization started around 1200 in the arid valley of central Mexico. Their government

had brought individual city-states with neighboring city-states to make an empire. Their huge technology invention was their floating islands called chinampas. Their economy was based off their agriculture and conquest. They believed in a polytheistic religion were they performed human sacrifices for the gods' pleasure. The Aztec civilzation finally fell when their emperor was captured by the Spanish and when neighboring tribes joined Hernan Cortes and the Spanish to invade. Many Aztecs also died from disease and warfare.

Aztec Fun Facts

  • Generally, slaves were treated well and could buy their way out of it
  • If laws were broken regarding clothes, the punishment was often death
  • The Aztec government usually hired merchants as Aztec spies

Incas

The Inca civilization started around 1400 AD in the Andes Mountains in South America. They had a strong central government that was important to the civilization. They believed in a polytheistic religion that had them perform human and animal sacrifices for the gods' pleasure along with cranial deformation. They had many technology advances including the coca plant, surgery, herbal medicine, complex road systems, and quipus used to record stories. They finally fell around 1532 with the war, smallpox and being conquered by Francisico Pizzaro.

Inca Fun Facts

  • Many men carried woven purse like bags to carry coca leaves and good luck charms
  • They payed their taxes through labor
  • The only people allowed to travel through the empire were the wealthy
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