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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

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