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Pre-Columbian Civilizations In the Americas

Pre-Columbian Civilizations In the Americas. By: Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY. Sculpture from the Americas. Origins of the Peoples of the Americas?. Major Pre-Columbian Civilizations.

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Pre-Columbian Civilizations In the Americas

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  1. Pre-Columbian Civilizations In the Americas By: Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

  2. Sculpture from the Americas Origins of the Peoples of the Americas?

  3. Major Pre-Columbian Civilizations

  4. Bell Ringer- 9/25/12What are the three major Mesoamerican civilizations that flourished in Middle America?

  5. The Mayans • 300-900 A.D. (or C.E.) • Yucatan Peninsula and parts of Central America • Mayans were building large cities • Created large step pyramids • System of hieroglyphic writing • 365 day calendar • Concept of 0

  6. Lands of the Mayans The Yucatan Peninsula

  7. The Aztecs • 1200s until Europeans conquered them in the 1500s • Most of Mexico • Strong Military ability • Religious ceremonies • Tenochtitlan- complex capital city that had over 400,000 people and was built on an island in Lake Texcoco • Trading made them rich and powerful • Aztec had schools, physicians, and kept record of their history

  8. Lands of the Aztecs

  9. The Incas • 1400- 1500s • Along the pacific coast of South America in the Andes Mountains • Over 12 million people in the Incan civilization • Capital was Cuzco • Terrace farming • Large system of roads and bridges • Record keeping using quipas

  10. Lands of the Incas

  11. For each of the following pictures, decide what it is and what civilization is belongs to: • Number 1: • Picture- • Civilization • Number 2: • Picture- • Civilization Etc…

  12. sky king house child city

  13. The Mayans

  14. Chichen-Itza - Pyramid

  15. Chichen-Itza - Observatory

  16. Chichen-Itza - Ball Court

  17. Mayan Cultivation of Maize Chac, God of Rain -->

  18. Tikal - Main Court

  19. Tikal: Temple of the Masks

  20. Tikal - Wall Mask of the Rain God

  21. Mayan Drinking Cup for Chocolate

  22. The Aztecs

  23. Aztec View of Tenochtitlan

  24. Ruins of the City Center, Tenochtitlan

  25. Tenochtitlan: The “Venice” of the Americas

  26. Aztec Chinampa or Floating Garden:15ft. to 30ft. wide

  27. Aztec Sun Stone -- Calendar

  28. Aztec Sun Motifs

  29. The Aztecs WereFierce Warriors

  30. The Incas

  31. Cuzco: Ancient Capital of the Inca(11,000 ft. above sea level)

  32. Machu Picchu

  33. Machu Picchu

  34. Incan Digging Sticks

  35. Maize in Incan Pottery& Gold Work

  36. Over 100 Different Types of Potatoes Cultivated by the Incans

  37. Incan Ceramic Jars Peanut Squash Potato Cacao God Cacao Pod

  38. Incan Mummies

  39. Inca Gold & Silver

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