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| 274667137 | maya | began around the same time as the classical civilizations of Europe and Asia. had collection of city-states all ruled by the same king | 1 | |
| 274667138 | spanish | who destroyed much of the Mayan writing when they conquered the new world because they thought it was evil? | 2 | |
| 274667139 | peasants and slaves | who consisted of the majority of the Mayan population? | 3 | |
| 274667140 | toltecs | created a large empire reaching beyond central mexico. established a capital in Tula near the Teotihuacan civilizaiton of the classical period | 4 | |
| 274667141 | quetzalcuatl | legend. feathered serpant (man with godlike attributes. according to legend he would return from the dead (depicted as a white man with a beard) | 5 | |
| 274667142 | aztec | the center of population and political power that had shifted to the valley of mexico and its large chain of lakes. migrated and won control over all other groups in the 1200s | 6 | |
| 274667143 | tenochtitlan | aztec capital believed to be a sacred place. was connected to the lake shores by four causeways and was crisscrossed by canals. | 7 | |
| 274667144 | calpulli | aztec kin group who maintained temples and civic buildings | 8 |
