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People and Empires in the Americas
900 - 1500
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North American Indians adapted to their environments
• 1. Ex: North west coast
–Rich resources led to large population
–Food from the sea and forest
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Ex: Indians of the Southwest lived in a desert environment
Irrigation
Pottery
• Cliff dwellings
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Common Features of North American Indians
1. Trading networks
2. Religion
- nature spirits
- for some, a Great Spirit
-respect for the land
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Common Features of North American Indians
3. Extended families -- the basis for social organization.
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The Mayan Civilization
- Yucatan Peninsula
-built great urban centers – independent city states
-giant pyramids, temples, palaces
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The Mayan Civilization
Religion influenced most of Mayan life
-worship included human sacrifice
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The Mayan Civilization
Religion led to the development
-calendars
-mathematics
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Mayan Math
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The Mayan Civilization
Developed a hieroglyphic form of written language.
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Aztecs: -Central Mexico
-built planned cities, pyramids.-inherited much from earlier cultures
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Aztecs
An empire based on military conquest and tribute
Practiced human sacrifice
– to keep the sun from falling from the sky
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The Inca Empire1438 - 1535
- west coast of South America
- linked the empire with an extensive system of roads
- in the high plateau of the Andes Mountains
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The Inca Empire1438 - 1535
- The Inca controlled all economic activity.
- farmed on terraces in the Andes Mountains
- kept records on a quipu
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