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ANCIENT LATIN AMERICA. CIVILIZATIONS. THE MAYA- LOCATION. Territory covered what is now: Southeast Mexico Honduras Guatemala El Salvador Belize *Built among dense jungles. THE MAYA- ACHIEVEMENTS. Math concept of zero Astronomy 365 day calendar based on the sun’s movement
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ANCIENT LATIN AMERICA CIVILIZATIONS
THE MAYA-LOCATION • Territory covered what is now: • Southeast Mexico • Honduras • Guatemala • El Salvador • Belize • *Built among dense jungles
THE MAYA-ACHIEVEMENTS • Math • concept of zero • Astronomy • 365 day calendar based on the sun’s movement • Written language • Used hieroglyphs
THE MAYA-ACHIEVEMENTS • Farming • Slash and burn agriculture • Cut and burned trees • Planted crops • After a few years, let forests regrow • Repeat process in another area • Built up ridges on floodplains
THE MAYA-MYSTERY • Construction of cities stopped and cities were abandoned
THE AZTEC-LOCATION • Started in Tenochtitlán (their capital) • Island city in Lake Texcoco (the former lake where Mexico City is now) • Slowly grew to control the region
THE AZTEC-ACHIEVEMENTS • Strong military • All men were expected to join the army • Chinampas • Floating gardens on which the Aztecs grew crops
THE INCA-LOCATION • Started in the Andes Mountains of Peru • Capital was Cuzco • Expanded into surrounding areas of modern day Columbia, Ecuador, Bolivia, northern Chile, and northwestern Argentina
THE INCA-ACHIEVEMENTS • Stone terraces • Irrigation canals • Stone roads • Message relay system • Stonework
THE SPANISH ARRIVE… • Hernán Cortés • Defeated Aztec -- Montezuma II • Francisco Pizarro • Defeated Incas – Atahualpa
VOCABULARY • Columbian Exchange • The exchange of goods between Europe and its colonies in North and South America