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7915650849Teotihuacan-Massive City -Densely populated -Great Temples -Vast system of streets and plazas -Nick named "The Grand Fathers"0
7915650850Mayans-Lived in City states -Stalla (their writing) -Calendar -Astronomy -Math -Massive Temples1
7915650851Toltecs-Central Mexico -Emerged after Teotihuacan -Human sacrifice -Wide spread trade2
7915650852Topiltzin-The military leader -Priest -Quetzalcoatl -Banished for worship of Quetzalcoatl3
7915650853Anasazi-Silver and Turquoise4
7915650854Hopewell-Carved hills into shapes -Cahokia -The Cahokia mounds5
7915650855Cahokia-Massive city -Upwards of 30,000 population -Located in modern day Illinois6
7915650856Aztecs-Mexica -Lake Texcoco -Tribute -Mahout -Tenochtitlan (Capital)7
7915650857Lake Texcoco-Tenochtitlan -"Home" of the Aztecs8
7915650858Tenochtitlan-City of The Aztecs -In the center of Lake Texcoco -Connected to the main land by cosways -Capital of the Aztecs -Most powerful independent power in the region9
7915650859Talacenlel10
7915650860Aztec Religion-Traditional Deities -Fire -Water -Earth -Sun -Duality -God Patrons -Certain gods for certain things -The Three Themes -Huitzilopotchli11
7915650861Duality-Feminine consort or form of a god12
7915650862The Three Themes-The themes gods fell under 1. Fertility 2. Creator 3. Warfare and Sacrifice13
7915650863Huitzilopotchli-The Sun God14
7915650864Aztec Economy and Society-Tenochtitlan -Chinampas -Pochteca -Calpulli -Sacrifices -Low technological advancement -High Population density15
7915650865Chinampas-Self watering gardens -Floats on water -Ability to grow for crops of corn consecutive16
7915650866Pochteca-Merchant class of Aztecs17
7915650867Calpulli-Clans -7 different clans -Residential groupings -All organized their own labor and military units18
7915650868Sacrifices-The main goal for Aztec military -The military bring them back for tribute to gods -They had to be strong, the gods did not like weaklings19
7915650869Aztec Women-Virginity was highly prized -Could get property20
7915650870Technology-Low technological advancement -Didn't invent the wheel21
7915650871Aztec Tribute Empire-Great Speaker -God King -Prime Minister -Great amount of power -Usual Family of the great speaker -Empire never integrated -Taloxucals22
7915650872Incas-Chimor -Quechua -Cuzco -Pachacuti -Twantisuyu23
7915650873Chimor-Chan Chan -Capital of Incas -Strongest Incan City24
7915650874Quechua-Language of Incas25
7915650875Cuzco-Incan city -Temple of the Sun26
7915650876Pachacuti-Incan Leader (1438- 1471) -Expanded Empire to Titicaca27
7915650877Twantisuyu-Incan Empire -Rapid expansion28
7915650878Incan Religion-Cult of ancestors -Mummification -Split Inheritance -Temple of the Sun -Form of Animism -Huacas29
7915650879Split Inheritance-Political power goes to new Inca -Land and Wealth goes to old Inca's son30
7915650880Temple of the Sun-Center of Incan Religion -In Cuzco31
7915650881Huacas-Shrines -Offerings are placed for the gods of these shrines32
7915650882Incan Imperial Rule-Inca -High Priest -4 great provinces -State Bureaucracy -Mitmaq -Roads and Bridges -Mita33
7915650883Inca-The Incan Ruler34
7915650884The Four Great Provinces-4 great states -Ruled by Governors (Sorta like Vassals) -Who report to the Inca35
7915650885Mitmaq-Colonists36
7915650886Mita-Incan Labor Term -Service to the government -Helped control the Incan colonial states37
7915650887Incan Society-Incan Administrators -No distinct merchant class -Allyu -Artisans -Metal works and Pottery -No system of writing -Quipu38
7915650888Allyu-Kinship Groups39
7915650889Quipu-Noted Strings -Record Keeping40

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