Mask Picture/Source Incan mask (Inca Mask 1) Description/Source After people died in the Inca civilization‚ this mask was placed over their heads as part of the mummification process. The different designs on the mask resemble different ideas. For example‚ a gilded mask represents the Sun God. (Inca Mask 1) Artifact 2: Sun Temple Picture/Source Sun temple (PERU‚ MACHU PICCHU. INCAN RUINS. TEMPLE OF THE SUN 1) Description/Source It is the best known temple in the Aztec culture. It is a main place and
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The Aztecs civilization and the Mayan civilization where the most important civilizations from the new world that amazed many of the Europeans that came to conquer this wonderful rich land. The Europeans where amazed with the Aztec and Mayan culture‚ their ways of life‚ their geographical surroundings and their technology. The Europeans and historians today find that the Aztecs and the Mayans where similar in some ways of life like their culture‚ their technology‚ their religious events and at the
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DBQ The Aztecs: What Should History Say ? Outline: A. This document describes how although all narratives about the people and cultures begin with the arrival of Europeans too much credit is being given to their “discoveries” because before the Europeans the Native Americans (Aztecs) were doing the things the Europeans claimed to be doing first. The Aztecs came up with a way of living and a way of doing things before the Europeans did. Before the Europeans arrival the Aztecs had
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Though the Inca and Mayan empires existed at different times in history‚ they have a few things in common. Like other societies throughout history though‚ they have many things that set them apart from each other. The biggest similarity they share is that they both had control of massive empires that eventually ceased to exist. To start off with‚ the Mayans existed earlier in history than the Incas. The Mayans existed from 1000 BC to AD 1697 and no one is quite certain what wiped out their ancient
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600-1550 CE in the Americas are the Aztec Empire in Mesoamerica‚ and the Inca Empire in the Andes. “The Inca Empire and its contemporary Aztec Empire grew out of political‚ economic‚ and cultural pattern that began to form around 600 CE” (Von Sivers et al. 433). The Inca and Aztec Empires are an important and valuable piece of history that represent the innovations and rapid growth from the past cultures. There are several comparisons and contrasts with the Inca and the Aztec Empires that include: societies
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The Inca were South American Indian people who ruled one of the largest and richest empires in the America’s. The Inca Empire began to expand about 1438 and occupied a vast region that centered on the capital‚ Cusco‚ in southern Peru. The Empire extended more than 2‚500 miles (4‚020 kilometers) along the western coast of South America. It included parts of Present - Day Colombia‚ Ecuador‚ Peru‚ Bolivia‚ Chile‚ and Argentina. The Inca Empire was conquered by Spanish Forces soon after their arrival
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lived around the regions of Central America to Mexico. The Mayans were known as a peaceful and well civilized group with a not so understandable alphabet but an amazing knowledge of science (astronomy) and mathematics. The Mayans were divided in three areas and each area possessing their own culture: the northern Maya tribe in the Yucatan Peninsula‚ the southern Mayans in the Peten district of northern Guatemala‚ and the southern Mayans in the mountainous region of southern Guatemala.
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Mesoamerica: The Aztecs Cindy Santos Anthropology 3700 Cindy Santos Professor Hession Anthropology 3700 May 20‚ 2013 The Aztecs who should be called Mexica‚ are one of the most important and famous civilizations of Mesoamerica. In the Postclassic period they reched Central Mexico and established their capital there. In a few centuries they managed to control almost all Mexico through an extended period. The Aztecs were a very successful
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The mayan people emerged in the region that today is called Mesoamerica‚ today located in the South Mexico and Guatemala. This civilizacion achieve important techological advances like written‚ Mathematics‚ Architecture‚ maya calendar and astronomy. Mayans were astronomers‚ they use a calendar‚ they could essentially predict the future. They believed that the stars and the moon were gods. The mayan were very religious‚ they built big cities and grates beautiful temples with the objective to
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The Spanish conquistadors made contact with the Inca Empire in 1526‚ at the northwestern Inca stronghold of Tumbes. The Spanish‚ in search of wealth and fame‚ were attracted to the awesome riches and supreme power of the Incas. Throughout the next few years‚ a violent and bloody effort to seize power over the Inca people ensued. The prolonged effort of conquest brought many soldiers and missionaries to the South America region. One of the soldiers who made the long journey
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