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    The Incan Empire had a very complex religion and it was an important part in everyday life. The Incas were polytheists which means they had multiple gods‚ and most of their gods were connected to forces of nature. The Inca’s main gods were Viracocha (the superior god)‚he was originally worshiped by the pre-Inca community of Peru. He is believed to have created the moon and the sun on Lake Titicaca. It is said after he was done creating the world and the heavens‚ he traveled from different places

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    The Aztec Cosmology

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    universe.” (Milbrath‚ xiv) Astronomy within Aztec culture thus “developed an extraordinary cosmology‚ constructing a complex mythological system.” (Portilla‚ 28) Conversely‚ through Portilla’s Aztec Thought and Culture‚ it seems to be that most of the cosmology logic was founded in a metaphysical world‚ “the world above and beyond us” which Ms. Rosalinda Palacios compared to praying‚ that would eventually lead the individual into a different dimension in which one is able to come in contact with

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    The Incas had too few weapons and too few warriors who could use them effectively. So they had to give up in the war.The Inca revolt of 1536-37 — along with the Aztec’s defense of Tenochtitlán were among of the greatest wars of resistance waged by natives against colonial powers in the Americas. The time came for Pizarro to fulfill his side of the bargain an release Atuhualipa. Then he got the news from Quito that one of the Inca`s generals had assassinated Huascar. Atahualpa was accused of plotting

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    Aztec Sports

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    Aztec Sports‚ and Games by Braedy Leanza The Aztecs played many games and sports. They played amazing games such as Patolli as well as dangerous sports like Tlachtli. I think it would be interesting to see these ancient games in person. In the Aztec ball game Tlachtli you used a ball. The ball was made of rubber or leather. The ball’s weight ranged anywhere from 8-10 pounds. The weight of the ball was important because the three players had to get the ball into a hoop high off the ground

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    Maya and Aztec

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    American continent. Hunting and fishing in small bands‚ they spread out over North America‚ pushing their way down to Central America‚ and farther down into South America until they occupied both continents in varying degrees of population density (The Aztecs: People of the Sun). By 2000 B.C.‚ sedentary villages were common throughout Mesoamerica‚ dispersed in small communities across highly diverse agricultural environments in both lowlands and highlands. The very diversity of the Mesoamerican environment

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    The Conquest of Peru and the Inca Empire With the mighty Aztec Empire in ruins and the Maya decimated in Central America‚ only one formidable native kingdom remains in the New World: the gold-rich Inca‚ high in the frigid mountains of Peru. Francisco Pizarro‚ an illiterate conquistador in the ruthless mold of Hernán Cortés sets out with 200 men to defeat the last great New World Empire. Juan Pizarro‚ Francisco’s Reckless Younger Brother The name Francisco Pizarro is well-known: he was the ruthless

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    Slavery In The Aztecs

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    The Aztecs had slavery in their culture ‚however‚ it was much different than other cultures of the world. Slaves were treated more humanely. Their children were born free and they were able to escape slavery. There were some incidences when the person became a slave by their own decision. Their were others that were captured during war and became slaves in that way as well. Oddly‚ slaves could own other slaves in the Aztec culture. Even in the Greek culture slaves

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    aztec, human sacrifice

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    Introduction When you think of the Aztec‚ what comes to mind? Perhaps you think of the Spanish conquistadors or their beautiful capital at Tenochtitlan. What comes to mind for a lot of people is their practice of human sacrifice. In class‚ we learned a lot about the civilizations of the Maya and the Inca but not much about the Maya. Chapter 13 of the assigned readings talks about the Aztec and how they came to power and their collapse. One paragraph in the chapter‚ although morbid and disturbing

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    Sacrifice In Aztec

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    Introduction My role in the Aztec community is to sacrifice for the sun god (Huitzilopochtli) so that he may bring prosperity & life to our people. We sacrifice to our gods as they did when they sacrificed themselves to bring us here‚ & in a way we are repaying our debt to the heavens. I am a priest of the city of gold and this is my life.. -Day 34: It was the day of sacrifice & our warriors had captured people from a native tribe nearby. We had been preparing for this following days

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    Mayans and Aztecs

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    civilizations to come(Cotterell 1980). Maya style of art was realistic‚ displaying acts of contemporary life in murals. The temple pyramid complex itself was said to be dedicated to Quetzelcoatl‚ a god at Teotihuacan and later with the Toltecs and Aztecs. This period was a glorious period of development of crafts and trades‚ a complex religion‚ intensive agriculture and many amazing cultural achievements. Many artifacts suggest that the Mayan society had a hierarchy. Many sculptures and murals

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