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| 10962422857 | Classical civilizations of America | Olmec, Mayan, Aztec, Inco | 0 | |
| 10962422858 | 1200 BCE: Olmecs | Settled at the coast of Gulf Mexico | 1 | |
| 10962422859 | Olmec means | Rubber people. First people to tap rubber trees for sap. | 2 | |
| 10962422860 | Olmec Culture | parent culture in Mesoamerica(central america). | 3 | |
| 10962422861 | Olmec Writings: | Hieroglyphic form writing | 4 | |
| 10962422862 | Olmec Math: | Number system was based on combinations of only three symbols. Dot= 1 Bar= 5 | 5 | |
| 10962422863 | Olmec religious rituals: | Pok-a-tok | 6 | |
| 10962422864 | Pok-a-tok | Ceremonial ball game something like basketball. Players use their chest, elbow, and feet. Players were sacrificed to gods at the end of the game. | 7 | |
| 10962422865 | Olmec arts and architects: | Temple Pyramids, Stone heads | 8 | |
| 10962422866 | Temple Pyramids: | built on mountain tops, primarily of worship. Drew worshippers' eyes towards the skies where gods looked down from the stars. | 9 | |
| 10962422867 | Stone Heads | chunks of volcanic rock, 18 tons nd 14ft high. | 10 | |
| 10962422868 | Mayan Civilization: | people were building religious centers in Yucutan Peninsula border(Mexico Guatemala border). | 11 | |
| 10962422869 | Mayan people | Mayas/Mayans | 12 | |
| 10962422870 | 300-700 BCE | mesoamerican civilizations reached its peak at the Mayan centers | 13 | |
| 10962422871 | Mayan leaders | Halach Uinic, Priests | 14 | |
| 10962422872 | Halach Uinic | true man, absolute leaders, head of city-states. | 15 | |
| 10968666598 | Priests | shared controlled leaders who expanded the religious centers to city-states | 16 | |
| 10968666599 | Concerned with time | gods will destroy the world if ceremonies were not on time, decides lucky day for persons, decide luck for marriage, planting, trading, warsand building temples | 17 | |
| 10968666600 | To obtain accurate measurements of time, they observe | Celestial bodies Predict eclipses | 18 | |
| 10968666601 | Mayan Calendar | 365 days, last 5 days unlucky | 19 | |
| 10968666602 | Record keepers | taughtsons of nobles how to read, and others how yo interpret the calendar | 20 | |
| 10968666603 | Upper class | Priests, nobles, warriors | 21 | |
| 10968666604 | Lower class | Peasants | 22 | |
| 10968666605 | Decline of Mayan Civilization | Abandonment of Maya centers. Mayas did not move away. Mesoamericans civilizationnever reached its height | 23 | |
| 10968666606 | Inca Civilization | empire of the sun | 24 | |
| 10968666607 | Incas | Controlled a large area in Cuzco, Peru(Andes) | 25 | |
| 10968703950 | Engineers | Superb engineers like the Aztecs. Excellent systems of roads(coast to mountains). Swinging bridges. Tunnels. Inns among the road for travelers | 26 | |
| 10968703951 | Inca rule | Stronger political organization than Aztec. Ruled directly to conquered lands. Monitors people's submission and provide sanctions for disobedience. | 27 | |
| 10968703952 | Quipis | to keep records. Made of colored cords tied at different lengths to indicate different sums. | 28 | |
| 10968703953 | Classes | common people, noble, emperor, and wife | 29 |
