Topic: Mayas, Aztecs, Incas

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Topic: Mayas, Aztecs, Incas

Agriculture and Domestication Beans, chili peppers, avocados, squashes, gourds, maize Turkeys, dogs No large pack animals- What did this mean for Society? No animal Energy Human Labor No wheeled Vehicles

MAYAN CIVILIZATION Southern Mexico and Guatemala Rainforest Specialization of labor Priests were privileged class Coco City States Mayan Kings took menacing names

Mayas Greatest Achievement Developed picture writing and recorded much of their work in books made of bark 363 day calendar

Aztecs Originally nomadic 1345 settled in island region of Lake Texcoco and built capitol city of Tenochtitlan

Floating Gardens

SOUTH AMERICA Developed Largely Independent Gold, Silver, Copper Cotton Fishing Potato No Writing

Administration and Bureaucracy of Empire No script Quipu Cuzco was the capitol Road system connected the Empire

Priestly and Aristocratic classes “Big Ears”