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Latin America – Early Civilizations of Middle America. Maya – Aztec – Inca . The Mayan Civilization lasted from A.D. 250 – 900. Copan is a Mayan city now located in present day Honduras. Tikal is also a former Mayan city , which is now located in present day Guatemala. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Latin America – Early Civilizations of Middle AmericaMaya – Aztec – Inca
The Mayan Civilization
lasted from A.D. 250 – 900.
Copan is a Mayan city now located in present day Honduras. Tikal is also a
former Mayan city, which is now located in present day Guatemala.
The Mayan form of writing was known as hieroglyphics.
This is a form of graphic writing, using signs and symbols instead of
letters, as we do.
Although the Mayan farmer grew a variety of crops, corn, known as
maize was its most important crop.
The AztecEmpire
The Aztec Civilization began in the Valley of Mexico.
They settled on an island in Lake Texcoco, in 1325. It took time to
develop, but lasted through the early
1500s.
The Aztec people were able to change a swampy lake into a
great city, which was called Tenochtitlan
which was its capital city.
By 1521, the Aztecs were defeated by
Cortes
Although the Spanish had fewer men than the Aztec, they had horses and
superior weapons. They brought disease to America, which the Native
Americans had never experienced. Within the first 50 years of Spanish colonization, the Native American
population went from approximately 25,000,000 to 3,000,000.
The Incas - People of the Sun!
Descendants of the Incans can be found today along the west coast of South America
in:
Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile and
Columbia.
Peru
Ecuador
Columbia
Bolivia
CHILE
South America
A Census is an official count of all people living in an area. Quipu was a knotted string used by the Incas as a method of keeping records
_____
3,643
The Incan government was
able to take census and collect taxes
because of the large scale
road system that they built.
Another great achievement of the Incas was a series of canals and pipes known as aqueducts. They would bring water
to dry land.