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Period: 250 to
Mayan Civ.
@Yucatan Peninsula
- trade, science
- connected by trade & tribute system
- shamanistic kings & blood rituals (human sacrifice) -
Period: 300 to Jun 4, 600
Teotihuacan City-State
AD, @Central Mexico valley
- fertile land & good agriculture
- religious pyramids
- good military, but were invaded & destroyed -
Jan 1, 700
Tiahuanaco
AD, @Andean highlands
- trade b/w highlands & valley (fish & cotton for fruit & veggies)
- sandstone pyramid carried water -
Period: Jun 4, 1325 to Jun 4, 1521
Aztec Empire
AD, @Valley of Mexico
- Tenochtitlan: capital city on Lake Texcoco w/ canals & fertile land
- Emperor w/o firm authority --> unstable political scene
- polytheistic, priests are intercessors; sun god required human sacrifice -
Period: Jun 4, 1438 to Jun 4, 1532
Inca Empire
AD, @Andes (from Colombia to Chilean Argentina)
- civil war => easy to conquer
- encomiendas from Pizarro (conquered in 1532); when owner dies, they go back to king's possession (prevent heritage probs)
- capital: Cuzco, Lima
- language: Quechua
- last emperor: Atahualpa -
Period: to Jun 4, 1470
Chimu Empire
AD, @Moche Valley (Andes)
- highly commercialized; much trade
- Chan Chan: biggest Moche City
- Inca invastion: 1470 -
Period: to Jun 4, 1100
Toltecs
AD, @Central Valley of Mexico
- capital: Tula