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300 BCE-900 CE. The Mayans. Architecture temples astronomy mathematics Slow decline Warfare Overpopulation Soil exhaustion. 0. The AZTECS (1200-1521). In 1325, the Aztec god Uitzilopochtli told the people where to settle when
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300 BCE-900 CE The Mayans • Architecture • temples • astronomy • mathematics • Slow decline • Warfare • Overpopulation • Soil exhaustion
The AZTECS (1200-1521) • In 1325, the Aztec god Uitzilopochtli told the people where to settle when • “you find an eagle perched atop a cactus holding a snake in its beak.” • Soon afterwards, the Aztecs founded the city of Tenochtitlan. • Generations later, Mexico City now stands on the spot of the former Aztec city. • The snake, eagle and cactus have become national symbols in Mexico.
The Aztecs fall t/t Conquistadors • Hernan Cortez • 600 men, 16 horses & cannon • Moctezuma – last Aztec ruler • Tenochtitlan • Human sacrifices • mainly POWs
The Inca Empire 1197-1572 • By the late 1400’s, the Inca Empire stretched 2,500 miles across what is today Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Chile. • The Inca’s were able to acquire new skills and survival techniques by learning from the people in the area and then branching out.
The Incas fall t/t Conquistadors • Francisco Pizarro • Atahualpa • “thirst for gold” • Spanish weaponry & European diseases • small pox • 80,000 Incan warriors defeated by 168 conquistadors • Cuzco was capital • Machu Picchu