Week Ten (October 25-28) Day 1- (GRAPES Tang and Song Due) Day 2- Chapter 11 Quiz Week Eleven (November 1-5) Day 1-Chapter 12 Quiz (GRAPES Mayan, Aztec, Inca Due) Day 2- (GRAPES Mongols, Yuan, Kamakoru Shogunate Due) Week Twelve (November8-9) Day 1 Chapter 13 Quiz Week Thirteen (November 15-19) Day 1- Chapter 14 Quiz (GRAPES Mali, Delhi Sultanate Due) Day 2- Trade Routes Comparison Week Fourteen (November 22-23) Day 1- Unit Exam Chapter 8-14
Chapter 10- Asia Chapter 11- Americas Chapter 12- Mongols Chapter 13- Tropical regions (trade routes) Chapter 14- End of Middle ages/ Beginning of Renaissance
Chapter 11
Meso- Americ a S.A. Food Productio n Socio- political Organization ReligionTechnologySacrifice Archaic 7000 B.C B.C.E Hunt & Gather Small Groups Family Animal gods Hunting tools & No weaving & Simple Pottery Little Sacrifice PreClassic 2500 B.C.E1 00 B.C.E OlmecsChavinFirst Farmers Religious Social Class & Buildings Fertility gods Basic Building & Farming Tools Little Sacrifice Classical 100 B.C.E C.E. Mayan & Teotihuacan Moche & Tiwanaku & Wari Advanced Farming Elaborated Cities & Social Class Nature Fertility & Academic gods Advanced Building & Farming Sacrifice of Elite- Slavery for Common ers Post- Classic al 1000 C.E. – 1492 C.E. Toltec & Aztec Inca Overpopulated War/Empire Military Conques t & State Kings War gods Large Urban Center Lots of Sacrifice
Classical Mesoamerica Part I Teotihuacan Large city Socially stratified living areas Temples-human sacrifice Chinampas Focus on trade rather than conquest Ruled by trade-families
Classical Mesoamerica Part II: The Maya Culturally unified but politically divided into city states Large scale building programs Terrace farming, irrigation, and draining swamps Conquest was for people not land Slaves or sacrifice Elite women were significant in religion Blood letting Calendar, math, and writing Mysteriously disappeared
The Mayans
-Polythiestic -Maya culture influenced by Olmec civilization -Maya build spectacular cities -Cities, like Tikal, have pyramids, temples, palaces, stone carvings -Played ritual ball game -Practiced human sacrifice and blood letting -Maya believe in many gods, who could be good, evil, or both -Advances in calendar, math, astronomy -Writing system has 800 glyphs—symbols
Teotihuacán Dominated by religious structures, including pyramids and temples where human sacrifice was carried out Agricultural innovations including irrigation works and chinampas Pottery and obsidian tools and weapons
Post Classical Mesoamerica Part I The Toltecs Culture based on Teotihuacan Made advancement in War Conquest state Tula Duel kings
Post Classical Mesoamerica Part II The Aztecs Lake Texcoco Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco around 1325 Conquest state Huge social and political stratification Large agricultural advancements but still need food from conquered people Very basic technology Large amounts of human sacrifice
Classical Andean Civilization Part I Moche Used the mit’a clan (ayllu). Theocracy Men hunted and war Women cared for crops and home Elite lived in elaborate palaces Workers supplied labor Skilled artist Textiles, vases, metallurgy Chimú Trade based empire Elaborate burials Elites had incredible luxury
Classical Andean Civilization Part II Tiwanaku Increased food production Large urban construction Pyramids Socially stratified Elaborate arts and crafts Wari More militaristic Less planned out cities Less wealthy and advancements
Moche used the mit’a labor system to construct an extensive irrigated agriculture Elite lived in platforms and decorated themselves with magnificent clothing, jewelry, and tall headdresses. Moche artisans were skilled in the production of textiles, portrait vases, and metallurgy. Gold and silver were used for decorative purposes, copper and copper alloy for farm tools and weapons.
Chimu Leaders had many luxury goods and elaborate burial compounds.
Tiwanaku Cultivated potatoes and grains on raised fields reclaimed from marshland. Tiwanaku’s urban construction included a large terraced pyramid, walled enclosures, and a reservoir. Construction was done with large stones quarried, moved, and laid by thousands of laborers working with simple technology and copper alloy tools. Tiwanaku society was highly stratified, ruled by a hereditary elite, and included specialized artisans.
Wari Elaborate cities with much less centralized planning that Tiwanaku
Post Classic Andean Civilization The Inca Strong professional military Conquered trade routes and land Used the Mit’a Left local rulers in power but held their children hostage Cuzco was incredibly elaborate and decorative Large amounts of sacrifice Animals, objects, and people Astronomy, metallurgy, weaving
Southwestern Desert Cultures Anasazi developed Used irrigation to farm in deserts Used mud to build along mountains Often build underground
Mound Builders: The Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippian Cultures Adena The Hopewell Ohio Valley Hunting and gathering and supplemented by agriculture. Built large earthen mounds Cahokia Cultural influenced by Hopewell Mississippi
Teotihuacan Toltecs