The Mayan and The Inca by Amanda Julia https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v en-us 2013-04-09 00:46:11 UTC 2025-10-04 09:22:52 UTC hello@padlet.com The Mayas (250-900) and The Inca (1200-1500)    anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/8750743 2013-04-09 00:54:43 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/8750743 anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/8796684 2013-04-10 02:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/8796684 anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/8796906 2013-04-10 02:40:38 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/8796906 anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9023903 2013-04-17 04:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9023903 ~Geography of Mayan and Inca Empires~The Maya Civilization lived in Central America, including south Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras between 2500 B.C.E and 1500 CE. The land forms and climates of South and Central America all had similarities and impacted the Mayan and Inca empires greatly.  Inca's were stretched along the west coast of South America. The Mayans were  spread through present-day Belize, most of Guatemala, and El Salvador. These areas are mostly covered in rain forests. The Inca empire was centered in Cuzco, Peru. The empire was located along the west coast of Southern America. It stretched along almost the whole range of the Andes Mountains. The Andes were one of the tallest mountain ranges in the whole world. So it was a great natural barrier on the eastern side of the empire. The Mayan culture spread through present-day Mexico, Belize, most of Guatemala, and parts of El Salvador. The furthest region it reached was the Petén Jungle in Guatemala. The Mayan empire was mostly on mountains so growing crops wasn't very easy. There were lots of ponds and lakes around so the Mayans created the floating gardens. The floating gardens are a way to grow crops on the top of water. First the Mayans built a wood platform, then they layered mud, plants, and compost over the wood platform that was in the water. Finally they would put one more layer of fresh dirt and then they would plant their crops. They mostly grew corn because it grew well in the climates.   anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9024570 2013-04-17 04:57:15 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9024570 The Mayan Floating Gardens  anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9024637 2013-04-17 05:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9024637 GEOGRAPHY  anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9024686 2013-04-17 05:05:46 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9024686 anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9024702 2013-04-17 05:07:26 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9024702 WARFARE  anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9540635 2013-05-02 03:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9540635 ECONOMY  anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9540849 2013-05-02 04:04:24 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9540849 The Maya and Inca did not use "money" in the modern sense: There was no recognition for currency valuable items, like, seeds, salt, obsidian or gold tended to vary in value from one region or city-state to another, often rising in value the farther away these items were from their source. Some of the more popular trading goods were; jade, gold, copper, highly decorated pottery, and ritual items. These things were much more valuable to the Mayan and Inca than money. The Inca and Maya were good farmers so they would grow crops and then trade some of the produce from the crops.   anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9540891 2013-05-02 04:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9540891 WARFARE The Inca and Mayan civilizations were fierce warriors. They were brutal with their captured war victims,  sacrificing them to their many gods. The Inca and Maya fought with the Spanish, but also with neighboring tribes.The Inca and Mayan used spires and other sharp objects for fighting. They would go into war on foot, neither the Mayans or the Inca had ever seen horses, that is why it surprised the Inca so much when they saw the Spanish conquistadors ride in on large horses. anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9540900 2013-05-02 04:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9540900 anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9540975 2013-05-02 04:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9540975 LANGUAGE  anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541035 2013-05-02 04:20:57 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541035 anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541048 2013-05-02 04:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541048 FAMILY LIFE/SOCITY  anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541070 2013-05-02 04:25:49 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541070 Most all Mayan/ Inca family's arose before dawn to a breakfast of hot chocolate--or, if they weren't rich enough, a thick, hot corn drink and tortillas or tamales. The Mayan family all lived together. The men's duties including farming and hunting, while the women would cook and weave. The children helped out their mothers with the chores and only went to school if they came from a noble family.   The house was usually a one-room hut built of interwoven poles covered with dried mud. Meals of corn, squash and beans, with the occasional turkey or rabbit.  anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541084 2013-05-02 04:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541084 JADE STONE  anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541130 2013-05-02 04:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541130 anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541150 2013-05-02 04:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541150 MAYAN FAMILY'S AT THE RIVER  anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541154 2013-05-02 04:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541154 DOWNFALL anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541164 2013-05-02 04:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541164 The downfall of the Mayan empire is a mystery. To this day we have no idea where this large, thriving civilization disappeared to. The Mayan downfall was in 900, so the Spanish had not invaded Mexico yet. Only our imaginations can tell us what happen to the great Mayan empire. On the other hand we know that the Inca empire ended in 1500 from deceases the Spanish brought when they invaded. Not only did the deceases spread through the city states knocking the majority  of people but when the couple hundred Spanish  attacked, they killed many of the soldiers and other civilians.  anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541168 2013-05-02 04:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541168 FUN FACTS  anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541436 2013-05-02 04:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541436 1.The Mayans Enhanced Their Children's Features by giving them surgery at a young age 2. The Mayans had Excellent Medical Techniques  3. Mayans Played Ball Games  4. Had excellent doctors  5. Blood sacrifice  6. The Mayans used Saunas  7. Believed in life after death  8. No one really knows what happened to the Mayan culture  9. The Incas created a highway and road system in Peru with over 18,000 miles of roads  10. The Incas used a dry masonry method to construct buildings without mortar using stones fit so perfectly together that nothing can slip between them and it proved to be extremely resistant to earthquakes.      anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541670 2013-05-02 05:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541670 anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541796 2013-05-02 05:19:39 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541796 BACKGROUND KNOWLEGE  anichols_amanda https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541798 2013-05-02 05:20:22 UTC https://padlet.com/anichols_amanda/plm9og2w7v/wish/9541798