Mesoamerica by Sergio Parra III

Mayan Agriculture

sergioparraiii849 — 2024-02-02 20:39:17 UTC

The food item that was grown and consumed the most in mayan agriculture was corn, beans, cacao and also squash. In order to grow crops, the mayans often built terraces into the sides of mountains. For water, the Mayans often built irrigation systems.

Mayan Recreation

sergioparraiii849 — 2024-02-05 20:23:56 UTC

The Mayans for recreational activties would play ball games. These games would involve having a stone hoop against a stone wall with the objective of the game being opposing teams throwing the ball through the hoop. All members of Mayan civiilzation would come to view these games. The losing team would be ritually killed and beheaded.

Toltec Religion

sergioparraiii849 — 2024-02-06 20:32:11 UTC

In Toltec society they followed polytheism. In Toltec society their main God was Quetzacol. Quetzacol has the appearance of a feathered God. In Toltec society, they worshipped Queztacol with both festivals and also human sacrifses.

Aztec civilization

sergioparraiii849 — 2024-02-06 20:32:31 UTC

The main capital of mexico city was tenochitan. At the time it was the largest city in world. The city was built over a river and was seperated by 4 different pathways as the aztecs thought the world was seperarted into 4 different parts.

Toltec Art

sergioparraiii849 — 2024-02-06 20:32:34 UTC

The Toltec's created their art through the processes of metal working and also pottery. In their art, the Toltec's often potrayed both ball players and also warriors.

Mayan Achievements

sergioparraiii849 — 2024-02-06 20:51:15 UTC

A primary achievement of the mayans was that they invented a writing system using Hieroglyphs. In this Hieroglyphs system they would draw pictures which would be symbols of either objects or sounds. These Hieroglyphs would be primarily carved on to stone tablets.

Toltec Agriculture

sergioparraiii849 — 2024-02-08 20:39:54 UTC

In toltec agriculture they used terraces in order to grow crops. The main crops they grew were squash, corn and also beans. They created a irragation system in order to get water for there crops.

Aztec Religon

sergioparraiii849 — 2024-02-13 20:38:16 UTC

In the aztec religon there main God was named Huitzilopochtli. They often did human sacrifises as they though there God needed Blood. They also believed there God led them to there capital city through the sign of eagle with a serpent on its mouth on top of a cactus.

Aztec Achievments

sergioparraiii849 — 2024-02-13 20:49:13 UTC

The primary achievement of the Aztecs was creating a 365 day calendar. This is very influential towards our modern times. In the times of the Aztecs, they wrote the calendar on a sunstone.

Mesoameria Overview

sergioparraiii849 — 2024-02-13 20:53:35 UTC

Mesoamerica is comprised of all the rich cultures and civilizations that were present in the Latin American Region from 3500 BC until 1521 AD with the brutal conquest of Spain.