ACHIEVEMENTS - MAYAS, AZTECS, INCAS CH.26 MAYAN CIVILIZATION = BEGAN 2000 BC HEIGHT CLASSICAL PERIOD AD 300-900 MAYAS ADVANCED IN WRITING, ASTRONOMY, ARCHITECTURE SOLAR YEAR = TIME TAKEN 4 EARTH TO TRAVEL AROUND SUN MAYAS & AZTECS CREATED HIGHLY ACURATE CALENDARS AZTECS BUILT MASSIVE STONE TEMPLES (PYRAMIDS) INCAS EFFICENT AT RUNNING A HUGE EMPIRE

ACHIEVEMENTS OF AZTECS CHINAMPAS - ARTIFICAL ISLANDS A Mexican farmer waters his Chinampa garden. Photo: National Geographic Image Collec/Alamy These flat and fertile gardens, built from piles of mud anchored by the ahuehuetes, produced multiple yearly harvests of tomatoes.

TENOCHTITLAN AZTEC – ISLAND CITY Located in Mexico City

TENOCHTITLAN

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AZTEC CALENDAR CALENDARS – ADOPTED MAYAN SOLAR & SACRED CALENDAR SOLAR (365 DAYS) PLANTING SACRED = LUCKY DAYS

AZTEC - ARTS & ARCHITECTURE ARTS = POETRY, MUSIC, DANCE, SCULPTURE NAHUATL = AZTEC LANGUAGE / A RICH VOCABULARY PICTOGRAPH = DRAWING STANDS 4 WORD, PHRASE, NAME SCULPTURE HEAD ON STONE PYRAMID TENAYUCA MEXICO

The practice of artificially modifying the human INCAS SUSPENSION BRIDGE TREPHINATION The practice of artificially modifying the human skull has been a part of human culture as far back as 45,000 years.

Inca City of Machu Picchu Peru