Mesoamerica: Olmecs, Maya, & Aztecs

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Mesoamerica: Olmecs, Maya, & Aztecs

Olmecs The “mother civilization” 1400 BCE – 300 BCE Located in tropical lowlands of Mexico Invented Rubber Ball game

The Maya 200 – 900 CE Located in Yucatan peninsula, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras Invented Mayan Calendar

Tikal

Chichen Itza

Bloodletting & Human Sacrifice

Chichimeca Migration Came from Aztlan Chichimecas first left in 900 CE

Aztec Empire Mexica migrated to Lake Texcoco in 1325 CE Worshipped Huitzilopchtli 1 million people total

Tenochtitlan Aztec capital, founded in 1325 CE

Chinampas “Floating Gardens”

Pulque

Moctezuma Became Aztec emperor in 1500 Waited for return of Quetzalcoatl

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