https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o Made with knowledge, and knowledge is power. en-us 2019-01-09 14:52:12 UTC 2023-02-27 07:33:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png ejohnson027 https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318807811 2019-01-09 15:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318807811 ejohnson027 https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318811079 2019-01-09 15:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318811079 ejohnson027 https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318811239 2019-01-09 15:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318811239 ejohnson027 https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318811851 2019-01-09 15:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318811851 rswanson8 https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318813141  Strongly believed in sacrifice and theocracy government. Polytheistic. Played a ball where you could only use your hips to move the ball. Either the winners or the losers would be sacrificed to the Gods. ]]> 2019-01-09 15:14:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318813141 cboes https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318813244 Chichen Itza (north on the Yucatan Peninsula) and Tikal (south on the Yucatan Peninsula)]]> 2019-01-09 15:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318813244 rswanson8 https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318813635 Quetzalcoatl the feathered snake god borrowed from the Toltecs, and Huitzilopotchli the sun god who required human sacrifices. Human sacrifice was a big part of their religion. Government was a theocracy. One person, who was believed to be a descendant of the Gods, was the absolute leader.]]> 2019-01-09 15:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318813635 ejohnson027 https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318816525 2019-01-09 15:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318816525 rswanson8 https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318816545 Yucatan Peninsula. South of the Gulf of Mexico and west of the Atlantic Ocean.    ]]> 2019-01-09 15:18:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318816545 cboes https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318818535 Pyramids & Mayan Calendar]]> 2019-01-09 15:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318818535 ejohnson027 https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318819162 Cuzco & Machu Picchu]]> 2019-01-09 15:22:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318819162 aalkins https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318819505  The Aztec civilization was north of the pacific ocean, south of the gulf of Mexico, south of the modern day USA, and northwest of the old Mayan civilizations. ]]> 2019-01-09 15:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318819505 aalkins https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318821221 The Aztec tribe had their own system of record keeping that used detailed hieroglyphics. With technology, they invented chinampas that allowed them to farm on top of the water. They also used pilings in order to build on the water and be able to support structures. They had specialized builders, priests, and many other workers.]]> 2019-01-09 15:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318821221 cboes https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318822303 Mayan Hieroglyphics were used for record keeping. They had their own mathematics system that uses lines and dots.]]> 2019-01-09 15:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318822303 cboes https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318824125 Natural disasters and low supply of water.]]> 2019-01-09 15:29:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318824125 cboes https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318825179 Rose in 250 and fell in 950 CE due to what is believed long periods of changes and droughts.]]> 2019-01-09 15:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318825179 aalkins https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318826538 Could not be used for basic math, made out of knots and different colors. Very hard to read and takes years to interpret. Destroyed by the Spanish Conquest. Had specialized readers. Amount of knots and length of rope told things like population]]> 2019-01-09 15:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/318826538 ejohnson027 https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319065514 Varying climates, farming at higher altitudes, and natural disasters (earthquakes and land/rock slides)]]> 2019-01-10 01:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319065514 ejohnson027 https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319065991 Pacific Ocean Coast (dry, desert-like), Andes Mountain (rugged terrain, low temp, prone to natural disasters, good agriculture), Rain forest (humid climate, thick vegetation, good agriculture, east of the Andes Mountain Amazon River Basin)]]> 2019-01-10 01:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319065991 ejohnson027 https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319066310 Pachacuti, empire building leader who expanded Inca territory from Cuzco to southern Peru all the way to Quito, Ecuador through military conquest.  ]]> 2019-01-10 01:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319066310 ejohnson027 https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319066411 After the death of the Inca ruler Huanya Capac, civil war broke out severely weakening the empire. Then, Spanish Conquistador Francisco Pizarro captured and held for ransom the emperor, Atahualpa for $50 million in today's standards. He eventually strangled the emperor and marched on to the capital, conquering it and ending centuries of Inca sovereignty . ]]> 2019-01-10 01:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319066411 ejohnson027 https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319066573 Terrace Farming - allowed for manipulation of environment for diverse agriculture in relatively same area. Extensive Road Infrastructure - Used for carrying important officials, government correspondence, armies, trade, and commodities. It allowed for quick deployment of troops, heart of trade, send orders.]]> 2019-01-10 01:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319066573 ejohnson027 https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319068689 Hierarchy - Ranged from emperor to individual households. Empire divided into provinces ran by governors (appointed then inherited).
Land Ownership - Government had no monetary taxes, so land=tax. Farmers worked on government land and could only own a portion of their yield (depended on the needs of the group).
Mita System - People did not have money=monetary taxes. Adult men had to work for the state for certain hours. When married required to perform mita. Each person assignment dependent on skill.
Religion - Since lived in a harsh, unforgiving environment religion mainly centered on pleasing the gods (gave their most precious items). Highly worshiped the sun, the emperor was seen as the sun’s son.]]> 2019-01-10 01:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319068689 ejohnson027 https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319070688 2019-01-10 01:57:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319070688 rswanson8 https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319255330 2019-01-10 14:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319255330 aalkins https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319257204  Had Tenochtitlan, which was On lake texcoco, The city of Texcoco, which was to the east of lake texcoco, and Tlacopan, which was on the west side of lake texcoco. All were between the gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean ]]> 2019-01-10 14:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319257204 rswanson8 https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319260139 2019-01-10 14:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319260139 rswanson8 https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319261394  Started after a wandering tribe found a religious symbol on an island, thought it was an omen from the Gods. Genius citizens allowed it to thrive. It fell for unknown reasons. ]]> 2019-01-10 14:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319261394 aalkins https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319262078 They founded their empire on top of a swampy marsh, so they could not farm, or make stable structures without support beams in the ground very well. They also did not have a lot of land to build on.]]> 2019-01-10 14:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319262078 ejohnson027 https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319267323 Stonemasons, architects, priests, merchants, soldiers, government officials, etc.]]> 2019-01-10 14:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319267323 ejohnson027 https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319270545 2019-01-10 15:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ejohnson027/3qwcyprdff0o/wish/319270545