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Indigenous Civilizations
8/11/2015
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Olmecs: 1500 BC AD Settled in Central Mexico near San Lorenzo and Tenochtitlán Grow crops (corn, beans, chili peppers, cotton)
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El Castillo at Chichén Itzá
Mayans: 300 AD AD Centered in the Yucatan Peninsula Major City: Chichén Itzá Excell at poetry, math, writing, calendar making El Castillo at Chichén Itzá
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Atlantean figures: Toltec warrior statues
Toltecs: 800 AD AD powerful and warlike society Major City: Tula Hidalgo many legends and customs adopted by Aztecs Atlantean figures: Toltec warrior statues
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Aztec eagle warrior statue
Aztecs: 1200 AD AD Originally called the Chichimeca or “Mexica” (Me-Chi-Ca) Came south from homeland called “Aztlan” Language: Nahuatl Capital City: Tenochtitlán Elaborate political, religious, and economic systems built temples, stone statues, and practiced human sacrifice Aztec eagle warrior statue Aztec Sun Stone
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Conquering the Aztecs 1519: Hernan Cortes arrives in Mexico
Spaniards bring guns, horses, dogs, cannons, and soldiers
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Conquering the Aztecs Aztec Leader Moctezuma II believes Cortes is the long-lost Aztec God named “Quetzalcoatl”
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Conquering the Aztecs Cortez captures, and later kills, Moctezuma and gains control of Tenochtitlán By 1521: Aztecs conquered by Cortez Smallpox disease destroyed most Aztecs
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