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| 5656509022 | Location of the Maya | rain forests in the Yucatan Peninsula, present day Mexico |  | 0 |
| 5656524665 | Mayan Government | city - states: ruled by the noble class of warriors, hereditary priests. Did not have a centralized rule until about 750 CE, where tyrant monarchs came to power. | 1 | |
| 5656537461 | Mayan Society | agrarian: domesticated maize. Had minor classes of artisans, traders, builders, and scientists. It is considered the most advanced American civilization. Were also one of the first peoples to use drugs. Often got high and drunk. | 2 | |
| 5657839702 | Mit'a | mandatory public service in the society of the Inca Empire | 3 | |
| 5656552294 | Mayan Agriculture | main crop was maize from teosinte "zea". Used a slash-and-burn farming technique clearing rain forests to plant, as well as digging channels in swamps |  | 4 |
| 5656569781 | Mayan Technologies | writing system: glyphs. independently invented writing for the Americas. Had extremely advanced mathematics and had a zero calendar based on advanced astronomy. |  | 5 |
| 5656582598 | Mesoamerican Religion | involved several aspects of nature, astronomy and rituals. Most Gods represented a form in nature. | 6 | |
| 5656600393 | Mayan Rituals | consisted of bloody human sacrifices and bloodletting to please the Gods. Monarchs sacrificed blood from their tongue and genitals. | 7 | |
| 5656718123 | Classical Maya | started in 750 CE deserted in 850 C.E, had a population of 40,000. It was the size of Manhattan. |  | 8 |
| 5656776976 | Location of the Aztecs | had a capital city of Teotihuacan (present day Mexico City), which was an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco. Empire covered most of central and southern Mexico. |  | 9 |
| 5656790954 | Aztec Government | was similar to a monarchy where an Emperor or King was the primary ruler. They called their ruler the Huey Tlatoani. The Huey Tlatoani was the ultimate power in the land. They felt that he was appointed by the gods and had the divine right to rule. | 10 | |
| 5656802687 | Aztec Society | was hierarchical and divided into clearly defined classes. The nobility dominated the key positions in the military, state administration, judiciary, and priesthood. While traders could become extremely wealthy and powerful, even their prosperity was based on their class, and most citizens remained simple farmers |  | 11 |
| 5656831836 | Aztec Agriculture | used chinampas "floating gardens": plots of farming land in the middle of a body of water. they also used a terracing method, and their main crops were maize, squash and cocoa beans. |  | 12 |
| 5656871507 | Aztec Technologies | had a borrowed writing system from the Maya, along with less advanced mathematics. | 13 | |
| 5656875701 | Aztec Rituals | MANY human sacrifices. Said sacrifices were prisoners from war, and they would take hearts out of living bodies. Bloodletting was also practiced | 14 |
