Developments in the Americas Flashcards
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| 353853773 | Tenochtitlan | Capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins. | |
| 353853774 | Temple of the Sun | Inca religious center located at Cuzco; center of state religion; held mummies of past Incas. | |
| 353853775 | Machu Pichu | a city built by the Inca people on a mountaintop in the Andes Mountains in present-day Peru--- Means "great peak." | |
| 353853776 | quipu | An arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information. |