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ACHIEVEMENTS - MAYAS, AZTECS, INCAS CH.26
MAYAN CIVILIZATION = BEGAN 2000 BC HEIGHT CLASSICAL PERIOD AD 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
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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.
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TENOCHTITLAN AZTEC – ISLAND CITY Located in Mexico City
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TENOCHTITLAN
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TENOCHTITLAN – Mexico City (Aztec) h
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AZTEC CALENDAR CALENDARS – ADOPTED MAYAN SOLAR & SACRED CALENDAR
SOLAR (365 DAYS) PLANTING SACRED = LUCKY DAYS
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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
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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.
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Inca City of Machu Picchu Peru
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