The Americas
Mayans,Aztec,Inca
Maps
Aztec
Located in arid valley in central mexico
Represented by city of Tenochtitlan
Mayan
Located in the Mexican and Central American rain forest
Represented by city of Chichen Itza
Inca
Located in the Andes Mountain of South America
Represented by city of Machu Picchu
Achievement
Mayans
the Mayans believed that the cosmos influence their day to day life. They built this round calender that has 2 cycles. Sacred year and Secular year. sacred year has 260 days, and secular year has 365 days.every 52 year it resets like a clock.
Incans
it was hard to farm in the mountain area, so the incans created this stair cased like farm.
Aztec
Aztec engineers created "floating" gardens. The floating gardens were actually rafts.the raft were anchored to the bottom of the lake, or to a strong tree in the marsh. They piled vegetation and reeds on top of the raft to provide good soil and drainage.