Indigenous Civilizations

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Indigenous Civilizations 8/11/2015

Olmecs: 1500 BC - 300 AD Settled in Central Mexico near San Lorenzo and Tenochtitlán Grow crops (corn, beans, chili peppers, cotton)

El Castillo at Chichén Itzá Mayans: 300 AD - 900 AD Centered in the Yucatan Peninsula Major City: Chichén Itzá Excell at poetry, math, writing, calendar making El Castillo at Chichén Itzá

Atlantean figures: Toltec warrior statues Toltecs: 800 AD - 1200 AD powerful and warlike society Major City: Tula Hidalgo many legends and customs adopted by Aztecs Atlantean figures: Toltec warrior statues

Aztec eagle warrior statue Aztecs: 1200 AD - 1522 AD Originally called the Chichimeca or “Mexica” (Me-Chi-Ca) Came south from homeland called “Aztlan” Language: Nahuatl Capital City: Tenochtitlán Elaborate political, religious, and economic systems built temples, stone statues, and practiced human sacrifice Aztec eagle warrior statue Aztec Sun Stone

Conquering the Aztecs 1519: Hernan Cortes arrives in Mexico Spaniards bring guns, horses, dogs, cannons, and soldiers

Conquering the Aztecs Aztec Leader Moctezuma II believes Cortes is the long-lost Aztec God named “Quetzalcoatl”

Conquering the Aztecs Cortez captures, and later kills, Moctezuma and gains control of Tenochtitlán By 1521: Aztecs conquered by Cortez Smallpox disease destroyed most Aztecs