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Mind Map by Thays Marinho, updated more than 1 year ago
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5 Civilizations of the Americas (BC-1570 AD)
- The Maya
- cleared forests to make corn
- each city-state had its own ruler
- social classes
- writing system and calendar
- Priests had power
- cleared forests to make corn
- The Aztecs
- 30 mill. people empire
- conquered most of MX
- tributes helped with $
- payment from conquerees
- payment from conquerees
- single ruler
- rituals to many gods
- human sacrifices
- 30 mill. people empire
- The Incas
- quickly conquered an empire
- emperor with absolute power
- ran efficient govt
- kept records on quipus
- knotted colored strings
- knotted colored strings
- own religion and language
- road system
- quickly conquered an empire
- The Ancestral Puebloans
- best known SW society
- built pueblos of stone and adobe
- center of village was kiva
- underground chamber for rituals
- underground chamber for rituals
- housing complexes by canyon walls
- best known SW society
- The Mound Builders
- MS and OH river valleys
- Hopewell left behind earthen mounds
- trade rt. from gulf of MX to Great Lakes?
- replaced by Mississippians
- grew corn/ other crops
- grew corn/ other crops
- MS and OH river valleys
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