The olmecs were known to be very good farmers. They cleaned an area of jungle by cutting and burning the native vegetation‚ this process was called “slash and burn”. The impact in the environment was not bad due to the Olmec civilization was small and it allowed the reforestation. Other amazing abilities of the Olmecs was their ability to transport wonderful pieces of carved stones which were really huge and they
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Before the European’s began to explore the Americas‚ people were already living in them. Groups such as the Mayas‚ Olmecs‚ and Incas lived in these lands. Their civilizations made many major achievements. Like all creatures‚ the peoples had to adapt to their surroundings. They found ways to live in demanding environments. The Moche lived in the dry Peruvian desert‚ which is broken by rivers. The Moche built a very elaborate system of irrigation canals that took the water from these rivers to their
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Maya Civilization Many people do not know who the ancient Mayan people were or how they influenced the Aztec and a countless quantity of empires. “The ancient Mayan were indigenous people of Mexico and Central America who have continuously inhabited the lands comprising modern-day Yucatán‚ Quintana Roo‚ Campeche‚ Tabasco‚ and Chiapas in Mexico and southward through Guatemala‚ Belize‚ El Salvador and Honduras” (“Mayan Civilization”). Not only were the Maya individuals extremely smart but they were
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tell you how hot chocolate came to be today and why you need to thank Hernandez Cortez. I will also tell you how it’s different from history. In 1519‚ Spanish Conquistador Hernandez Cortez saw King of the Aztecs and almost every single one of the Olmec civilization drinking a thick‚ brothy‚ brown drink. The Aztecs called it‚ “xocoatl” or as the conquistadors called it‚ “chocolatl.” The drink consisted of ground cacao beans mixed with chili peppers. In 1502‚ Christopher Columbus came to America and
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collection to the Metropolitan Museum of art in 1967. As a part of her recent donation‚ she granted The Mask in which is now perched there. This work of art is a rustically‚ handcrafted stone mask sculpture made of hard‚ semiprecious jadeite from the Olmec people in Mesoamerica‚ Southern Mexico and in which was forged between the 10th and the 6th century B.C. Mask illustrates a rigidly aligned nose setting off the object’s wide-set eyes‚ though now missing their
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China‚ Mesopotamia and Mayan Over the course of history many powerful civilizations were around way before the Common Era. In these civilizations there are three that interest me the most; China‚ Mesopotamia and Mayan. These three civilizations were around the same time period. They share many similarities but each civilization is unique in their own way. That could be: Religion‚ Government‚ Social Structure etc. Mesopotamia (The land between two rivers) is known as one of the oldest civilization
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helped reinforce the power of the Incan state (O.I). They worshipped in temples to praise their head god‚ the sun-god. The Olmec grew and harvested rubber‚ which they used to make balls for a religious ballgame that they played. The Mayas‚ Aztecs‚ and Incans used performed human sacrifice as an offering to the gods. Government and social class weren’t really important to the Olmec. The Maya were ruled by aristocratic nobility. This means that Mayans had to be born into an upper class‚ while the lowest
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UNIT I: FOUNDATIONS (8000 BCE TO 600 CE) Of all the time periods covered in the AP World History curriculum‚ Foundations (8000 BCE - 600 CE) spans the largest number of years. It begins with an important Marker Event - the Neolithic Revolution - and ends after the fall of three major classical civilizations - Rome in the Mediterranean region‚ Han China‚ and the Gupta Empire of India. Broad topics addressed in the Foundations time period are: Environmental and periodization issues Early development
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The Journal of the Moorish Paradigm © 1997-2005 Hakim Bey Table of Contents Greatest Unknown Man: Prophet noble Drew Ali Atlantis is Code For Our Ancient Civilization The Destruction of Atlantis We are Aboriginal by Birthright Ancient Olmec Artifacts of Our Ancestor in America Ancient Mayan Artifacts of Our Ancestor in America The Original Arawaks‚ Californians‚ Andeans The First Americans Red or Black Archeology Article Canaanite in Mexico (Eckchuah) Largest Pyramid is found in
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I. The Quest for Order A. Mesopotamia: "The land between the rivers" 1. Sumer a. Sumerians migrated to Sumer‚ 5000 B.C.E.‚ built irrigation networks b. Became dominant by 3000 B.C.E. c. Other inhabitants‚ mostly Semites - Akkadian‚ Hebrew‚ Aramaic‚ Phoenician 2. Sumerian city-states a. A dozen cities dominated the area from 3200 to 2350 B.C.E. b. Internal and external pressures promoted cities to become states c. Importance of government in irrigation and self-defense 3. Sumerian
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