Mayans Incans and Aztecs
Maya
Cenotes
Marriages
Architecture
Serpent Illusion
Chichen Itza
Chichen Itza's line up
Mayan Education
Mayan Politics
Mayan Economy
Their methods of farming were less advanced than the rest of their culture and is said by some to have even cause their downfall. They used the slash and burn method of farming. They would cut down and burn a section of rainforest and plant crops on that land until it was no longer fertile, which usually took a couple years. When they needed more land they cut down more forest.
Mayan Religion
Mayan Hobbies
The Maya Fall
Aztecs
Tenochtitlan
Tenochtitlan Now (Mexico City)
Old Spanish Map
Old Depiction of Tenochtitlan
Economy
Agriculture
Mining
Aztec Jade Mask
Aztec Gold
Aztec Obisdian
Conquered People
Religion
Priests often beat themselves with a cactus and never bathed. They also performed rituals like drowning, ripping out and burning someones heart, or beheaded them. Usually slaves were the ones being sacrificed. They also believed that human blood needed to shed in order for the sun to rise each day.
Aztec God
Aztec God
Aztec Temple to the Gods
Aztec Children
Schooling
Aztecs didn't develop a writing system and instead used hieroglyphs to write and a dotted system for counting as depicted below.
Hieroglyphic and Meanings
Number System
Record Kept by Aztecs
Work and Discipline
Marriages
Politics
Government
Nobles and Priest
- meat in council lead by serpent women (actually the emperors brother)
- Advise emperor
- often the leaders of smaller cities
Professional Soldier
- more prestigious than commoners, less than priests or nobles
Commoners
- Some are free some are like indentured servants
- Were usually farmers, merchants, or craftsmen
- Developed clans
- Clans put up schools, markets and farms
Slaves
- bought and sold like property, often used as sacrifices
Aztecs Fall
Incas
When They Lived
Economy
Land Control
Agriculture
Records
No Money No Problem
Conquered Peoples
Government
Bureaucracy
Social Classes
Sapa Inca
Nobles
Commoners
Religion
Gods
Huacas
Medicine
Importance of the Road System.
The Incas Fall to Pizzaro
American Gold Leads to Capitals
Spain Finds Gold
Triangular Trade
Free Market
Consumer Gains Control
Competition Determines Price
Supply and Demand Determine Price
Capitalism is Born
Capitalism is Born
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