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5681731458Teotihuacan-Massive City -Densely populated -Great Temples -Vast system of streets and plazas -Nick named "The Grand Fathers"0
5681731459Mayans-Lived in City states -Stalla (their writing) -Calendar -Astronomy -Math -Massive Temples1
5681731460Toltecs-Central Mexico -Emerged after Teotihuacan -Human sacrifice -Wide spread trade2
5681731461Topiltzin-The military leader -Priest -Quetzalcoatl -Banished for worship of Quetzalcoatl3
5681731462Anasazi-Silver and Turquoise4
5681731463Hopewell-Carved hills into shapes -Cahokia -The Cahokia mounds5
5681731464Cahokia-Massive city -Upwards of 30,000 population -Located in modern day Illinois6
5681731465Aztecs-Mexica -Lake Texcoco -Tribute -Mahout -Tenochtitlan (Capital)7
5681731466Lake Texcoco-Tenochtitlan -"Home" of the Aztecs8
5681731467Tenochtitlan-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
5681731468Talacenlel10
5681731469Aztec Religion-Traditional Deities -Fire -Water -Earth -Sun -Duality -God Patrons -Certain gods for certain things -The Three Themes -Huitzilopotchli11
5681731470Duality-Feminine consort or form of a god12
5681731471The Three Themes-The themes gods fell under 1. Fertility 2. Creator 3. Warfare and Sacrifice13
5681731472Huitzilopotchli-The Sun God14
5681731473Aztec Economy and Society-Tenochtitlan -Chinampas -Pochteca -Calpulli -Sacrifices -Low technological advancement -High Population density15
5681731474Chinampas-Self watering gardens -Floats on water -Ability to grow for crops of corn consecutive16
5681731475Pochteca-Merchant class of Aztecs17
5681731476Calpulli-Clans -7 different clans -Residential groupings -All organized their own labor and military units18
5681731477Sacrifices-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
5681731478Aztec Women-Virginity was highly prized -Could get property20
5681731479Technology-Low technological advancement -Didn't invent the wheel21
5681731480Aztec Tribute Empire-Great Speaker -God King -Prime Minister -Great amount of power -Usual Family of the great speaker -Empire never integrated -Taloxucals22
5681731481Incas-Chimor -Quechua -Cuzco -Pachacuti -Twantisuyu23
5681731482Chimor-Chan Chan -Capital of Incas -Strongest Incan City24
5681731483Quechua-Language of Incas25
5681731484Cuzco-Incan city -Temple of the Sun26
5681731485Pachacuti-Incan Leader (1438- 1471) -Expanded Empire to Titicaca27
5681731486Twantisuyu-Incan Empire -Rapid expansion28
5681731487Incan Religion-Cult of ancestors -Mummification -Split Inheritance -Temple of the Sun -Form of Animism -Huacas29
5681731488Split Inheritance-Political power goes to new Inca -Land and Wealth goes to old Inca's son30
5681731489Temple of the Sun-Center of Incan Religion -In Cuzco31
5681731490Huacas-Shrines -Offerings are placed for the gods of these shrines32
5681731491Incan Imperial Rule-Inca -High Priest -4 great provinces -State Bureaucracy -Mitmaq -Roads and Bridges -Mita33
5681731492Inca-The Incan Ruler34
5681731493The Four Great Provinces-4 great states -Ruled by Governors (Sorta like Vassals) -Who report to the Inca35
5681731494Mitmaq-Colonists36
5681731495Mita-Incan Labor Term -Service to the government -Helped control the Incan colonial states37
5681731496Incan Society-Incan Administrators -No distinct merchant class -Allyu -Artisans -Metal works and Pottery -No system of writing -Quipu38
5681731497Allyu-Kinship Groups39
5681731498Quipu-Noted Strings -Record Keeping40

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