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| 1115808640 | Teotihuacan | ● The largest early city in Mesoamerica | 0 | |
| 1115808641 | Mexica/Aztec | ● Group of migrants drawn to central Mexico from northwestern regions ● Dominated the alliance that built Aztec empire in the 15th century ● Had reputation for making trouble by kidnapping women from nearby communities and and seizing land already cultivated by others | 1 | |
| 1115808642 | Calendars | ● Developed by Aztecs ● Solar year consisted of 365 days ● Ritual year consisted of 260 days | 2 | |
| 1115808643 | Huitzilopochitli | ● Mexican deity ● Taken as patron deity by warriors in the early years of the 14th century ● Military success persuaded Mexica that he especially favored them, and as military success mounted, the priests of his cult demanded sacrificial victims to keep the war god appeased | 3 | |
| 1115808644 | Cahokia | ● Cosmopolitan city containing the largest surviving mound ● At its height from 900-1250 CE | 4 | |
| 1115812258 | Tenochtitlan | ● Cosmopolitan city built by the Aztecs in 1345 ● Eventually became their capital ● Surrounded Lake Texcoco ● On top of which, Spanish conquerors built Mexico City | 5 | |
| 1115829164 | Allyus | ● The traditional form of communities in the Andes | 6 | |
| 1115856000 | Mummification | ● Descendants mummified royal remains and regarded departed kings as intermediaries with the gods ● Process that preserves a dead body | 7 | |
| 1115933094 | Chichèn Itza | ● Large pre-columbian society built by the Mayan civilization | 8 | |
| 1115933095 | Chinampa | ● Method of agriculture that involved small, rectangular areas of fertile land to grow crops in shallow areas of Lake Texcoco | 9 | |
| 1115944047 | Confederation | ● an organization that consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league. | 10 | |
| 1115999931 | Calpulli | ● Community groups in the Mexica civilization | 11 | |
| 1115999932 | Quetzalcóatl | ● Principal god of the Aztec religion ● Had a reputation for supporting arts, crafts, and agriculture ● Also known as "the Feathered Serpent" | 12 | |
| 1115999933 | Pueblos | ● Society that lived in modern day Southwestern America ● Constructed adobe buildings | 13 | |
| 1115999934 | Matriarchy | ● A society or government ruled by women or woman | 14 | |
| 1115999935 | Cuzco | ● Administrative, religious, and ceremonial center of the Inca Empire ● Considered "the naval of the universe" | 15 | |
| 1115999936 | Quipu | ● Incan mnemonic aid comprised of different colored strings and knots that served to record events in the absence of a written text | 16 | |
| 1115999937 | High Point of the Toltec Empire | ● 950-1150 CE ● Supported a population that might have reached 60,000 people ● Built a compact regional empire and maintained fortresses far to the northwest to protect their state from invasion by nomadic people | 17 | |
| 1116254344 | Collapse of the Toltec Empire | ● 1175 ● Combination of civil conflict and nomadic incursion had destroyed the Toltec Empire | 18 | |
| 1116254345 | Inca Settlement Near Cuzco | ● Originally a modest village, but Pachacuti soon transformed it ● Eventually became the administrative, religious, and ceremonial center of the Inca Empire | 19 | |
| 1116254346 | Foundation of Tenochtitlan by the Mexica | ● 1345 ● Mexica settled on an island in a marshy region of Lake Texcoco and founded the city that would soon become their capital | 20 | |
| 1116254347 | Emergence of the Five Iroquois Nations | ● 1000-1400 ● Owasco people had established a distinct society in what is now New York ● By about 1400, the five Iroquois nations emerged from the Owasco society | 21 | |
| 1116254348 | Reign of the Aztec Ruler Itzcoatl | ● 1428-1440 ●Advanced first against the Oaxaca in southwestern Mexico | 22 | |
| 1116254349 | Reign of the Aztec Ruler Motecuzoma I | ● 1440-1469 ● Advanced first against Oaxaca ● After conquering Oaxaca and slaying most of its inhabitants, they populated the city with colonists | 23 | |
| 1116254350 | Reign of the Aztec Ruler Motecuzoma II | ● 1502-1520 ● Ill-fated ruler of the Aztec Empire when Spanish invaders appeared in 1519 ● Originally a priest of a popular Mexican cult | 24 | |
| 1116254351 | Arrival of Spanish Conquerors in Mexico | ● 1519 ● Europeans arrive in Mexico | 25 | |
| 1116254352 | Beginning of Population Growth in the Pacific Islands | ● After the 14th century ● Number of Pacific Islanders increased | 26 | |
| 1116254353 | Beginning of Two Way Voyages Between Hawaii and Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands | ● 12 and 13 centuries CE ● a series of voyages linked Hawaii and Tahiti to the Marquesas Islands ● Memories of these voyages survive in oral traditions | 27 | |
| 1116254354 | Emergence of Distinct Social Classes and Chiefly States | ● 13 century ● Expanding populations prompted residents to develop increasingly complex social classes ● Distinct classes emerged as aristocratic and ruling elites decided the course of public affairs in their societies | 28 | |
| 1116254355 | Construction of Fishponds in Hawaii | ● 14 century ● Inhabitants of Hawaii built ingenious Fishponds that allowed small fry to swim from the ocean through narrow gates into rock enclosed spaces that prevented larger fish from escaping | 29 |
