discovered in 1770 that dried latex rubbed out pencil marks. In its native Central America and South America‚ rubber has been collected for a long time. The Mesoamerican civilizations used rubber mostly from Castilla elastica. The Ancient Mesoamericans had a ball game using rubber balls (see: Mesoamerican ballgame)‚ and a few Pre-Columbian rubber balls have been found (always in sites that were flooded under fresh water)‚ the earliest dating to about 1600 BC. According to Bernal
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of Warfare to the Aztec is. Some historians argue it to be about capturing people for sacrifice combined with the notion to extract tribute and the expansion of their empire . Sacrifice was of huge importance‚ it was a socially accepted act of Mesoamerican civilizations. The reason sacrifice took place is a huge debate with many different arguments‚ some of which talk about its integral link with Aztec religion‚ and some of which talk about it political importance. One event with huge controversy
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According to Chapter four‚ how has Native American Religion become a commodity? What does Sutler-Cohen mean when she says “You can own Grandmas songs”? Is there a cost to both native and non-native communities as a result of the practice of corporate Shamanism? Please be specific and cite examples from the reading. Native American religion has become a commodity due to the fact that Neo-Shamans are more focused on giving a presentation and making a profit rather than the spiritual aspects of Native American
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The Mexican food tradition began more than 5‚000 years ago. By 3500 B.C.‚ the most important foods in the Mexican diet‚ namely corn‚ beans‚ squash‚ tomatillos‚ and chile peppers‚ had been domesticated and were being cultivated by Mesoamerican farmers. Over the years‚ this basic diet has served the Mexican people well. It has provided them with whole- some food; a nutritious diet; and sufficient energy to live‚ work‚ and re- produce‚ as well as to maintain good health. This book attempts to explain
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The religion in North and South korea also differs. North Korea is officially an atheist state in which much of the population in nonreligious. However traditionally religion in North Korea primarily consisted of Buddhism‚ Confucianism and Korean shamanism. In South Korea the predominant religions are the traditional Buddhist faith and a large Christian popularity‚ though as in North Korea a large segment of the population is not religious. In North korea Christianity is the minority‚ just 1.7%. Opposite
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Nepal Nepal‚ officially Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is a landlocked Himalayan country located in South Asia between tow boulders China and India. It has eight of the world’s 14 tallest mountains‚ including the top of the world‚ Mount Everest. The country seems a dot in the globe‚ however‚ an altitude is ranging 60 m. to 8848 m. above the sea level between 129 km. distance. Sixty-five percent people rely on agriculture. Nepali is an official language in the multi-linguistic‚ multi-religious
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Jingyi Jenny Tan Period 1 / 12.3.12 Nomadic Empires and Eurasian Integration Turkish Migrations and Imperial Expansion - Early Political Organization o Never formed single group o Organized in clans/tribes o Bitter fights with one another o Turkish clans & identity emerge after breakup of Xiongnu confederation 0-100 CE - Speak related languages - Nomads or descendants of them Ghaznavid Empire (977–1186 CE) - Initially interested
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the Aztec Triple Alliance and hence the Mexica empire Huitzilopochtli: the Aztec god of war and of the sun. Calpulli: was the designation of an organizational unit below the level of the Altepetl "citystate" Chinampas: is a method of ancient Mesoamerican agriculture which used small‚ rectangle-shaped areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds in the Valley of Mexico. Pochteca: were professional‚ long-distance traveling merchants in the Aztec Empire. Inca:was the largest
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The Cahokia Mounds are located around East St. Louis‚ Illinois‚ that stretch down as far south as Louisiana. The mounds were a collection of 120 mounds that over a thousand years ago was an enormous city‚ even compared to European and other Mesoamerican cities at the time. Archaeologists have been performing routine excavations at the site since the 1920’s‚ and have been puzzled how such a great civilization could rise and fall within 200 years. Some of the questions archaeologists have been
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3.02 México interior - Práctica A. Answer the following about the Aztecs and the Conquistadors. 1.Describe the life of the Aztecs. What is Tenochtitlan? How big was that city? Life of the Aztecs was a particular horizon of a general Mesoamerican civilization. Tenochtitlan was a big city in Mexico. 2.What was sold at the Aztec market? Food & necessities were sold at the Aztec market for work. 3.What was the main staple of the Aztec diet? The main staple was corn and after that it
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