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LATIN AMERICAShaped by History
Ancient CivilizationsThat Shaped Latin America
AZTECINCAN
MAYAN
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MAYAN CIVILIZATION A.D. 300-900
• Located in Present-day Central America and Mexico
MAYAN CIVILIZATION
• Built Pyramids
MAYAN CIVILIZATION
Developed Number System
•System was based on the number 20
FYI-•The system of numbers we know is based on 10
MAYAN CIVILIZATION
1. Non-Ecological (Ex. Foreign Invasion or Over Population)
2. Ecological (Ex. Epidemic or Climate Change)
Decline in the 8th Century- 2 Theories
AZTEC CIVILIZATION A.D. 1200-1521
• Located in Present-day Mexico
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AZTEC CIVILIZATION
• Developed a system of Taxation
AZTEC CIVILIZATION
• Excellent Craftsmen- Art Often described as
sinister and fantastic
AZTEC CIVILIZATIONDecline- 1521
• Hernan Cortez arrives from Spain
• Aztec leader believes Cortez to be a god- Quetzacoatl
• Cortez and his soldiers attack the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan (Present-day Mexico City)
• 40,000 Aztec were eventually killed by Cortez and disease.
• The Aztec empire lay in ruins
INCAN CIVILIZATION A.D. 1200-1535
Located in Present-day Western South America
INCAN CIVILIZATION
• Built roads and aqueducts
• Over 14,000 miles of roads were built
INCAN CIVILIZATION• Great Architecture
INCAN CIVILIZATIONDecline- 1535
• In A.D. 1533 the Spanish arrived in South America.
• Hungry for territory, and for converts to Christianity, the Spanish overwhelmed the Incan Empire.
• Their armies were no match for the far superior Spanish technologies.
• The Incan Empire disappeared completely, though its people remained in the region.
SIMILARITY BETWEEN THE MAYAN AND INCAN
CIVILIZATIONS• Descendants are still living today
Modern-day Mayans in Guatemala
Modern-day Inca Woman in Peru
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE AZTEC AND INCAN CIVILIZATIONS
• Emperors ruled• Traded with other cultures
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE MAYAN AND AZTEC
CIVILIZATIONS• Astronomers
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE MAYAN AND AZTEC
CIVILIZATIONS• Written language:
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE MAYAN AND AZTEC
CIVILIZATIONS• Accurate calenders• Great Cities• System of agriculture