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The early Americas

The early Americas. Pre-Columbian America: The Maya. Teoihuacan (300 BCE – 750 CE). 40 m. NE of present-day Mexico City Near lake Texcoco Major trading and cultural center Planned city Larger than Rome @ its peak Pyramid of the Sun. Maya (200 BCE – 800 CE). Were a civlization

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The early Americas

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  1. The early Americas Pre-Columbian America: The Maya

  2. Teoihuacan (300 BCE – 750 CE) • 40 m. NE of present-day Mexico City • Near lake Texcoco • Major trading and cultural center • Planned city • Larger than Rome @ its peak • Pyramid of the Sun

  3. Maya (200 BCE – 800 CE) • Were a civlization • Agriculturally dependent • State religion • Great art style • Architecture • Formal legal system • Sophisticated writing system • Not unified: series of warring city-states

  4. Maya (continued) • Women • Central role in politics • Lady Wak-Chanil-Ahaw • Unity cultural, not political • Urban culture • King – commoner social structure

  5. Maya (continued) • Religion • Universal deities • Local gods • Sacrifice (see bloodletting pic) • Trade • salt • obsidian • Basalt

  6. Toltec (900 AD – 1200 AD) • Had own writing system • Scientists have not deciphered • Mythologized as great, tall, good-looking people • Quetazalcoatl vs. Tezcatlipoca • Possessed a modest state

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