1. 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

2. 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.

3. TENOCHTITLAN AZTEC – ISLAND CITY Located in Mexico City

4. TENOCHTITLAN

5. TENOCHTITLAN – Mexico City (Aztec) h

6. AZTEC CALENDAR CALENDARS – ADOPTED MAYAN SOLAR & SACRED CALENDAR
SOLAR (365 DAYS) PLANTING
SACRED = LUCKY DAYS

7. 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

8. 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.

9. Inca City of Machu Picchu Peru