Maya
Achievements in mathematics
Three periods of civilization;
pre-classic, classic, and post classic
Location: tropical forest
Ball game tradition
Slash and burn agriculture technique
Aztecs
Location:
central highlands
Massive-scale ............................................
human sacrifice...........................................
King had prime minister and advisors
slaves.........
Poetry was important
........... skilled at
........... feather work
Mayas & Aztecs
writing system
currency
pyramids
religious festivals
Human
.
sacrifice
written records
Incas
Location:
Andes mountains
Trade was mostly barter,
no money
women can train for state service
no mortar needed to
fit blocks perfectly
Road
system
Incas & Aztecs
Irrigation
systems
Oral
tradition
.
Nobles wore fancier clothing that set them apart from commoners
.
Settled in Meso-America around 1200 A.D.
.
trade and barter
Mayas & Incas
gods lived as natural phenomena
watched dramas
warfare weakened civilization
Peppers and beans were crops they grew
stone tools for
building
What all of them have in common:
Polytheistic
gods related to nature
Spanish invaders/conquest
caused the end of the empire
separate rulers for sections/city states
farming/agrarian civilizations
two main classes:
nobles and commoners
Kings were believed to have a great connection to the gods
two main classes: nobles and commoners
Separate rulers for sections/city states
Jan Silva
P6 History
Meso-American
Civilizations
Venn-Diagram
Kings were believed to be related in some way to the gods
farming/agrarian civilizations