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Ashley - Aztecs
Charlotte- Inca
Maya - Mayans

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Aztec - Tenochtitlan, Texaco & Tlacopan.

Inca - Machu Picchu & Cuzco

Maya - Tikal is located in Modern-day North Guatemala. Chichen Itza is located in the North region of the Yucatan Peninsula.

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Aztec- Government: Tribute alliance of the cities above.  Paid taxes to each other

Religion: Quetzalcoatl: Feathered-serpent god borrowed from Toltec. Huitzilopotchli: Sun-god that require human sacrifice. (Everyday)

Inca-  the Incan ruler given the name Sapa Inca.
the empire divide into provinces and people organized into groups called ayllu.  Quechua the Incan language which is still used today.

Maya -

The Mayan Government was a Theocracy and Dynasty. The rulers were seen as Holy and power was passed down through family. This granted Loyalty to the king/empire because of religion. They Made sacrifices to Gods to keep the peace, and sacrifices were seen as holy. The Mayans had a ritual ball game for rituals/sacrifices. The Mayan's shared religion created a unity

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Aztec -

Chinampas (woven reeds, sticks and mud to make artificial ideas), A dams made from reeds with doors to control flooding.

Inca -  Road system (roads and bridges) and Quipu and Terrace farming (farming in different levels).

Maya -  Developed Solar Calendar much like the one we use today, and  a number system with the concept of “0”; they used the number system in their calendar and architecture

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Aztec -   Farmer, emperor, nobles

Inca - Mita (labor tribute paid to the government) depend on abilities

Maya - Had Ball game players for a ritual ball game used for sacrifices, priests, builders,    farmers, etc.

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Aztecs: Flooding, unstable land to build on (Drove a wooden stake into the soil) Lack of land to farm.

Inca:  Natural Disaster, High Altitudes, several climates

Maya:  There were no water sources the Mayans could access nearby.

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Aztecs: Central mexico, Modern day mexico city

Inca:  Located in South America in the Andes mountains southeast of the Aztecs empire

Maya:  Yucatan Peninsula - Mexico. Northwest to the Inca empire and East to the Aztec empire.

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Aztec - Hierogluphics

Inca -  Quipu (uses knots and different colors )

Maya - Wrote with Glyphs and Hieroglyphics on bark-paper called Codex

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At its height -
Aztecs: 1428-1520

Inca: 1200 AD to 1525 AD

Maya: 250 - 900 AD

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Aztecs: Rise and downfall: The rise of the empire is when a wandering tribe saw a bird eating a snake and it was believed to be a sign of god. The fall of the empire started with a civil war and a fight for power, also combined with the Spanish invasion bring new diseases .

Inca: Needed water so the they went to war to control land. Civil war broke the Incans apart than were conquered by the Spanish

Maya:

The Mayans had trade and agriculture throughout the empire. This gave the Mayans substantial resources. They built cisterns to catch rainwater and aqueducts to bring fresh water to their cities.

The Mayans faded around the 700s, but historians don't know why. One possible cause could’ve been a lack of resources due to drought.