Name Period Maya, Aztec & Inca Civilizations Latin America Notes Class Objective: The Maya From. is known as the of Mayan civilization. Mayan Geography Central America: Rugged terrain, hilly Tropical Climate Agriculture Maize was staple crop Planted,, Supported one another Terracing Canals Mayan cities Mayan cities were composed,,and, and elaborate stone carvings and to important rulers. The population of these cities reached as high as. Cities Large Plazas
Astronomical patterns Adobe or wood homes Mayan cities cont. of these cities have been by archeologists. They all have great monuments. Pyramid IV at stretched into the jungle sky. Tikal Tikal Star Wars Scene A is a city that individually. These cities were ruled by a theocracy. A is a. As the Egyptians had their pharaohs, the Mayans were ruled by god-kings. Sports Mayan cities featured a. In this stone sided playing field, the Maya played a game that had significance. They believed that this game would help maintain the cycles of the sun and moon and bring life-giving rains. The were to the. Maya Fashion foreheads Crossed and gold jewelry teeth Achievements Advanced Zero Advanced Writing of history and culture
History: The Fall Mysterious decline Many states declined or were abandoned. Cause unknown Class Objective: The Aztecs Aztec Geography: The Aztec was in the. The valley had several. soils and accessible resources. First Civilization The major of central Mexico was, a city-state whose ruins lie just. At its peak in the sixth century, it had as many as, making it one of the in the at the time. At the center of the city stood a giant. This pyramid was at its base than Great Pyramid. The arrived in the around. They started as people from the harsh deserts of. Known for being and, they soon adapted to local ways, finding as to local rulers. Aztec Legend According to Aztec legend, the Aztecs told them to a of their own.
He said to look for a place where an perched on a, holding a in its. Current Mexican Flag Agriculture Built their in the middle of. Chinampas: Caste System Three major classes: The The The The was comprised of,, and. In the Aztec empire held great. s included,,, and who owned their. were the class, they were who did many different jobs. Emperor The sat at the of the Aztec pyramid. Although he sometimes consulted with top generals or officials, his was. He lived in royal splendor in a magnificent palace, surrounded by servants and his wives. had to him like a. Religion of Aztec s The Aztecs many of their gods and from other Mesoamerican peoples ( they ). was centered on elaborate. At these ceremonies, priests made to the and presented,, and featuring masked performers. The Sun God
The of these ceremonies involved the. According to Aztec myth he made the every day, but he could only do this as long as he was by. regular offerings of blood, the and all would. Human Sacrifice There is no way of knowing exactly people were during the time of the Aztec, but most estimates are between and people. If 20,000 per year: about people! If 250,000 per year: about people! For years the Aztec had human from the under their control. As the Aztec population grew ever larger sacrifices were and some of these started to. Montezuma II In a new was. His name was. Under the of the Aztec started to. The of the would come when the conquistadors came wandering into the Valley of Mexico. The the Spanish conquer the Aztecs. Further in the mountains another was. Class Objective: The Inca While the Aztec were developing their great civilization, the were developing an state in.
The of the civilization was located in southern. The Inca Beginnings The Inca originally came from a of a group or people in a high plateau of the. After nomadically for years, the Inca finally on fertile lands in the Valley of. By the, the Inca had their own in the valley. Agriculture, the Inca used terrace farming because of the mountainous terrain. Their were, and. Terrace Farming Religion The of the Inca in the beginning to their empire. One of these traditions was the belief that the was a descendent of the. The Sun God,, would bring and to the Incan state. Ruler To the of the Incan civilization was very. In most civilizations the ruler only comes from one blood line. The Inca could their from, that were believed to be of the sun. Pachacuti In an ambitious took the. Under his leadership, the Inca quickly, all of and then moving into lands.
By the Inca an area along the western of. Pachacuti Pachacuti and his successors this feat with a combination of and force. The Inca used when. To exercise over their, the Inca built many in areas. Like the Roman civilization the Inca would make the in the conquered area r to the Incan capital. This would make the feel like they were a of the Incan. The Inca all of their cities with. A marvel of engineering, this system symbolized the of the Incan. The of roads and bridges spanned the empire, traversing rugged mountains and harsh deserts., a civilization must a form of they can come up with one for counting or. This was for the. Because there were so different spoken among the same tribe, they had to come up with a they would, which turned out to be. The way a was used was by putting in different positions on a. These different positions represented a. Construction The Inca built with construction. Brain Surgery The Inca successful. Mummies The Inca continued to their rulers the.
The were t to all important and housed in special chambers. The empire falls In 1525 King was traveling his empire and. The king was a gift and when he opened it out flew butterflies and moths (considered an ). While still in Quito King Huayna of disease. Soon his, civil broke out between Huayna Capac s who both claimed the throne. This civil war the apart. Within a few years the would. Taking advantage of, they would soon divide and the empire. Francisco Pizarro In 1532,, marched into South America. He had even a than Cortes. The Inca ruler he was coming and had watching him. Pizarro a force of men. commanded a force of soldiers. The Spaniards the Inca force and Atahualpa. Atahualpa offered to fill a room once with and twice with in exchange for his. receiving the, the Spanish the Inca. by the death of their king the army. Pizarro the once mighty with men.