https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9 By: Gavin Velasco, Alexander Velinski, and Josh B. en-us 2017-10-12 13:28:25 UTC 2024-04-22 05:15:10 UTC hello@padlet.com velascogavin https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196414330 Started on the Yucatan peninsula with bad soil and no rivers]]> 2017-10-12 13:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196414330 velascogavin https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196415367 Grew lots of corn, beans, squash, peppers, cassava and cacao.]]> 2017-10-12 13:38:02 UTC https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196415367 velascogavin https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196416315 Split into city states, and were very hostile, sacrificing people from rival city states.]]> 2017-10-12 13:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196416315 velascogavin https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196417331 Most advanced writing of all of mesoamerica.]]> 2017-10-12 13:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196417331 velascogavin https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196417926 The Mayan calendar had 365.242 days per year, which is only 17 seconds off from the modern calendar.]]> 2017-10-12 13:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196417926 velascogavin https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196419080 Believed that the world had already ended 4 times, and that this is the 5th world.]]> 2017-10-12 13:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196419080 velascogavin https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196421824 Started in the valley of Mexico.]]> 2017-10-12 13:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196421824 velascogavin https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196422178 Vanilla and cacao beans,  Grew most of their food. Demanded tribute, including 7,000 pounds of corn (maize). Created floating islands of soil held together by willow trees called chinampas to grow their food.]]> 2017-10-12 13:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196422178 velascogavin https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196425753 Mostly commoners or slaves, and the elite were religious leaders and warriors]]> 2017-10-12 13:53:52 UTC https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196425753 velascogavin https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196427053 Had a system of writing, but not as advanced as the mayans]]> 2017-10-12 13:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196427053 velascogavin https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196427306 The gods had created the world through sacrifices, thus human sacrifice was encouraged.]]> 2017-10-12 13:56:09 UTC https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196427306 velascogavin https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196433552 Captured and controlled a large area of Mesoamerica]]> 2017-10-12 14:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196433552 avelinski https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196795268 They started in what is now Peru out in the mountains.]]> 2017-10-13 13:18:26 UTC https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196795268 velascogavin https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196795412 Used terrace farming and grew resilient crops, such as potatoes, quinoa, and corn.]]> 2017-10-13 13:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196795412 avelinski https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196795785 Incan society was a monarchy ruled by a single ruler called the Sapa Inca.]]> 2017-10-13 13:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196795785 avelinski https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196796796 They actually had no proper writing system, they simply tied knots on ropes in a system known as quipu.]]> 2017-10-13 13:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196796796 avelinski https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196797300 Their religion primarily focused on the god Viracocha, who they believed to have created all life and the earth itself.]]> 2017-10-13 13:22:20 UTC https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196797300 avelinski https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196798107 Incas are known for being good engineers,  building over 14,000 miles of paved road to connect all parts of the empire. They were also the creators of terrace farming in the Americas.]]> 2017-10-13 13:23:55 UTC https://padlet.com/velascogavin/4ue2ojyrdeu9/wish/196798107