LATIN AMERICAShaped by History

Ancient CivilizationsThat Shaped Latin America

AZTECINCAN

MAYAN

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MAYAN CIVILIZATION A.D. 300-900

• Located in Present-day Central America and Mexico

MAYAN CIVILIZATION

• Built Pyramids

MAYAN CIVILIZATION

Developed Number System

•System was based on the number 20

FYI-•The system of numbers we know is based on 10

MAYAN CIVILIZATION

1. Non-Ecological (Ex. Foreign Invasion or Over Population)

2. Ecological (Ex. Epidemic or Climate Change)

Decline in the 8th Century- 2 Theories

AZTEC CIVILIZATION A.D. 1200-1521

• Located in Present-day Mexico

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AZTEC CIVILIZATION

• Developed a system of Taxation

AZTEC CIVILIZATION

• Excellent Craftsmen- Art Often described as

sinister and fantastic

AZTEC CIVILIZATIONDecline- 1521

• Hernan Cortez arrives from Spain

• Aztec leader believes Cortez to be a god- Quetzacoatl

• Cortez and his soldiers attack the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan (Present-day Mexico City)

• 40,000 Aztec were eventually killed by Cortez and disease.

• The Aztec empire lay in ruins

INCAN CIVILIZATION A.D. 1200-1535

Located in Present-day Western South America

INCAN CIVILIZATION

• Built roads and aqueducts

• Over 14,000 miles of roads were built

INCAN CIVILIZATION• Great Architecture

INCAN CIVILIZATIONDecline- 1535

• In A.D. 1533 the Spanish arrived in South America.

• Hungry for territory, and for converts to Christianity, the Spanish overwhelmed the Incan Empire.

• Their armies were no match for the far superior Spanish technologies.

• The Incan Empire disappeared completely, though its people remained in the region.

SIMILARITY BETWEEN THE MAYAN AND INCAN

CIVILIZATIONS• Descendants are still living today

Modern-day Mayans in Guatemala

Modern-day Inca Woman in Peru

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE AZTEC AND INCAN CIVILIZATIONS

• Emperors ruled• Traded with other cultures

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE MAYAN AND AZTEC

CIVILIZATIONS• Astronomers

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE MAYAN AND AZTEC

CIVILIZATIONS• Written language:

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE MAYAN AND AZTEC

CIVILIZATIONS• Accurate calenders• Great Cities• System of agriculture