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The Olmec civilization began in 1300 and is considered a mother culture.

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Because the land was so fertile, the Olmecs were able to provide lots of food for the people living there.

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The Olmecs invented a ball game called pik-a-tok that involved a eight pound rubber ball and six players.

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The Olmec people started their civilization in the now present day southern Mexico.

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The Olmec people were polytheistic but their main god was the jaguar god. They also believed in human sacrifices.

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The Mayan civilization began in 400 BC and ended to about 900 AD.

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The Mayans were located in the Yucatan Peninsula and had natural barriers like mountains and seas.

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The Mayans were excellent farmers and grew several types of crops, but their main food was corn which they called maize.

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The Mayan civilization was so huge, that their villages turned into big cities.

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Each Mayan city had a marketplace,open air plaza,a pyramid,and temple.

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The Aztecs lived in Southern Mexico from 900 CE to 1521.

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The Aztec tribe wanted huge cities so they made all children go to school to be engineers,builders and other specialist.

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The students who became engineers and builders built the great city Tenochititlan.

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The Aztecs built roadways over the swamps to connect islands to the main roads.

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Since the Aztecs lived in a swampy area, the farming wasn't the best but the Aztecs built chinampas which are floating gardens in the water.

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The Incas lived high in the Andes mountains in Peru in 1400 CE.

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A neighboring tribe attacked the Incas but the Incas won and the Inca empire began.

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The Inca empire was strong in government because the Sapa Inca had power over everything and punishment was swift and hard.

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The common people had no freedom because of the governments tight control on them and their jobs.

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The common people had strict jobs and had to pay a tax of labor which consisted of serving the military,working in the mines,or building roads,palaces,and temples.