GREAT NATIVE AMERICAN EMPIRES
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GREAT NATIVE AMERICAN EMPIRES
GREAT NATIVE AMERICAN EMPIRES
MAYAN EMPIREEMERGED AROUND 1000 B.C.
LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST MEXICO, GUATEMALA AND BELIZEYUCATAN PENINSULA LAND WAS SWAMPY RAINFOREST SNAKES MOSQUITOES CAUSED DISEASEAGRICULTURE
CUT DOWN THE FORESTS DUG CANALS TO DRAIN THE SWAMPS CONSIDERING THEIR ENVIRONMENT HOW DID THEY FARM?WHAT WERE THEIR MAIN CROPS?
CornCALLED MAIZE SQUASH BEANSWHY WERE BEANS IMPORTANT TO THEIR DIET?Protein
What animal did they domesticate? turkey also bees for honey
MAJOR CITIES
WHAT WERE CITIES IMPORTANT FOR?RELIGIONMARKETPLACEWHAT DID THEY USE FOR MONEY?
COCOA BEANSTIKALCOPANCHICHEN-ITZA
RELIGION
GOVERNMENT WAS A THEOCRACYWHAT DOES THIS MEAN? RUN BY PRIESTSEVERY CITY HAD A LARGE COURTYARD WITH TEMPLES SURROUNDING IT COURTYARD WAS USED FOR RELIGIOUS GAMES
THE BALL GAME TWO TEAMS COURT OF VARYING SIZES RUBBER BALL NO HANDS KNOCK THE BALL THROUGH A RING LOSING TEAM SACRIFICED THIS ENSURED PROSPERITY OF THE CULTUREACHIEVEMENTSSIMILAR TO HIEROGLYPHICS
NUMBER SYSTEM BASED ON 20
33 WOULD BE
ACHIEVEMENTS
MAYAN CALENDAR HOW DID THE MAYANS DEVELOP THIS CALENDAR?18 MONTHS--20 DAYS 5 HOLIDAYS
DEVELOPED COTTON CLOTHDEVELOPED PAPER TREE BARK
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MAYANS? ABOUT 900 A.D. THE MAYAN CULTURE DIED OUT SEVERAL THEORIES EXPLAIN THIS EVENT WAR EPIDEMIC NATURAL DISASTER RECENT FINDS SHOW THAT THE MAYANS PROBABLY EXHAUSTED THEIR RESOURCES AND HAD TO MOVEAZTEC EMPIRE FLOURISHED FROM 1200 A.D. TO THE EARLY 1500S
LOCATED IN SOUTHERN MEXICOKNOWN AS THE VALLEY OF MEXICOAZTEC CAPITAL
TENOCHTITLAN
BUILT IN THE MIDDLE OF LAKE TEXCOCO
WHY DID THEY BUILD THEIR CITY ON AN ISLAND? FROM THIS PICTURE WHAT CAN YOU TELL ABOUT THE CITY?CHINAMPAS
THE AZTECS WHERE FARMERS
HOW DID THEY DO THIS?
BUILT FLOATING GARDENS CALLED
GREW MAIZE, SQUASH, BEANS
ALSO GREW PEPPERS, COTTON, & TOBACCO
RAISED TURKEYS AND DOGSAQUEDUCTS
WHAT OTHER PROBLEM DID THEY HAVE BY BUILDING IN SWAMP LANDNO FRESH WATERAZTEC SOCIETY
WAS DIVIDED INTO 3 CLASSES UPPER CLASS CONSISTED OF EMPEROR, PRIESTS, NOBLES, & WARRIORS MIDDLE CLASSCONSISTED OF MERCHANTS & FARMERS LOWER CLASSCAPTIVESSUN GOD
WHAT DID THEY DO TO GAIN FAVOR FROM THE SUN GOD?AZTEC SACRIFICE
WAS DONE TO ENSURE THE SUN WOULD KEEP MOVINGDECLINETHE SPANISH ARRIVED IN 1519SURROUNDING TRIBES ALLIED WITH THE SPANISHTIRED OF HIGH TAXESTIRED OF PEOPLE BEING SACRIFICED
INCAN EMPIRE ROSE TO POWER AROUND 1400 A.D.LOCATED ON WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA WHAT PHYSICAL FEATURE IS LOCATED HERE? CONTROLLED AN EMPIRE FROM COLOMBIA TO CENTRAL CHILE HOW COULD THEY DO THIS IN A MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT?
BUILT A ROAD SYSTEM
HAD A SYSTEM OF RUNNERS WHICH CARRIED MESSAGES
WHAT WOULD YOU NEED, TO DO THIS ACCURATELY?A WRITTEN LANGUAGE
QUIPU A SYSTEM OF COLORED KNOTS
HOW DID THEY FARM IN THIS ENVIRONMENT?
THEY BUILT TERRACES
BUILT CANALS TO DRAIN WATER FROM THE CITIES
CANALS CARRIED WATER TO THE TERRACESAGRICULTURE WHAT FOODS DID THEY PRODUCE? MAIZE, BEANS AND POTATOES
WHAT TWO ANIMALS DID THE INCA DOMESTICATE?
THE LLAMA
THE ALPACAWHAT DID THEY RAISE LLAMAS AND ALPACAS FOR? RAISED THEM FOR WOOL
RAISED THEM FOR MEAT
RAISED THEM FOR CARRYING GOODS
RAISED THEM FOR MILKINCAN SOCIETY WHAT CITY WAS THE CENTER OF THE EMPIRE?
WHAT WAS THE RULER CALLED? SAPA INCA HAD ABSOLUTE POWER BELIEVED TO BE DECENDENT OF THE GODSACHIEVEMENTS
EARTHQUAKE PROOF BUILDINGS
DEVELOPED THE USE OF QUININE FOR TREATING MALARIAACHIEVEMENTS
THE COCA LEAF USED AS AN ANESTHETIC
REDUCED HUNGER
INCREASED STAMINABRAIN SURGERY
IT IS BELIEVED THAT SURGERY WAS 90% SUCCESSFULDECLINE THE SAPA INCA DIED WITHOUT CHOOSING A SUCCESSOR
HUAYNA CAPAC
THIS LED TO A CIVIL WAR BETWEEN TWO OF HIS SONS