Transcript Major Pre-Columbian Civilizations Lands of the Mayans The

Major Pre-Columbian Civilizations
Lands of the Mayans
The Yucatan
Peninsula
Chichen-Itza - Pyramid
Chichen-Itza - Observatory
Chichen-Itza - Ball Court
Mayan Cultivation
of Maize
Chac, God of Rain 
Mayan Underground Granaries:
Chultunes
Overview of Tikal (Guatemala)
Temple of the Masks
Tikal Jungle View at Sunset
Tikal - Main Court
Tikal:
Temple of
the Masks
Tikal - Wall Mask of the Rain God
Mayan Glyphs
sky
king
house
Mayan
Mathematics
child
city
Aztec View of Tenochtitlan
Ruins of the City Center,
Tenochtitlan
The Codex
Mendoza :
The Founding
of
Tenochtitlan
Tenochtitlan: The “Venice” of the
Americas
Aztec Chinampa or Floating
Garden:
15ft. to 30ft. wide
Tenochtitlan - Chinampas
Aztecs Sacrifice Neighboring Tribes
to the Sun God
Heart Sacrifice
on an Aztec Temple Pyramid
Lands of the Incas
Cuzco: Ancient Capital of the Inca
(11,000 ft. above sea level)
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu
Incan Suspension Bridges
Incan Terrace Farming
The Incas – Main Points
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Andean South America
Mid 1200s-1500s
11.5 million people (biggest empire in S.A.)
Quito to Santiago
Ruling Tactics: Resettlement
Capital at Cuzco
Road System (9,400 miles; helps with
centralization, spread of religion, language,
culture
• Worship of deities (sun god Inti; creator god
Viracocha; sacrifices – usually not human)