Mesoamerica

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Mesoamerica

• What is Mesoamerica?
• Middle America
• Piece that connects North and South America.
• Maya Aztec

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I. Maya 900 BC -AD900
http//www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/dconrad/dcma
yatrade.html
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Mayan Area of Influence
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A. Location (Today Mexico, Belize, Guatemala,
El Salvador)
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A. Location (Today Mexico, Belize, Guatemala,
El Salvador)
1. Yucatan Peninsula 2. Mexican and Central
American Rainforest 3. Dry Scrub forest

• http//www.andalemexico.com/es/ecotourism.htm
  (Calak Mul)

http//pas.byu.edu/AgHrt100/rainforest.htm
(Guatmelan portion of the lower Yucatan)
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A. Location (Today Mexico, Belize, Guatemala,
El Salvador)
4. City Chichen Itza
Ball Court http//users.snowcrest.net/g
oehring/maya/chiball.htm

• Carcol (probably an observatory)
• http//users.snowcrest.net/goehring/maya/chichen.h
  tm

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B. Government Group of city-states ruled by a
king (Connected by culture, politics, trade not
govt)

• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/maya/world.html

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C. Economy Agriculture and Trade
Jade http//exchanges.state.gov/culprop/elsalvad/s
ect7.htm
Feathers http//www.boxess.com/parrotf.htm
Honey http//www.kohala.net/bees/JPEGS/beew-4.html
Flint
Maize (corn)
Chile http//www.halfmoon.org/chile.html
http//exchanges.state.gov/culprop/elsalvad/000000
6f.htm
http//webclipart.miningco.com/
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D. Religion polytheistic religion
1. Three Levels Sky, Earth, Underworld 2. Chac
Rain god
Chac
Yumil Kaxob http//www.crystalinks.com/mayangods.
html
Chac mul http//www.anthroarcheart.org/tblu99.htm
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D. Religion polytheistic religion
3. Inc human sacrifices bloodletting 4. Step
pyramids
Castillo http//facultysenate.villanova.edu/maya/p
ic473.htm
http//facultysenate.villanova.edu/maya/pic413.htm
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E. Achievements
1. number system based on 20 (5,1,0, written
vertically)
http//www.mayacalendar.com/f-components.html
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E. Achievements
2. 260 (sacred) 365 (reg) day calendars
http//www.seapyramid.net/pictures/images-pic2/cal
ender.jpg
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E. Achievements
3. Developed a writing system (glyphs)
Www.halfmoon.org
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E. Achievements
4. Books made of folded wood Codex -For
historical records
http//www.tornadohills.com/strange/maya_codex.htm
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E. Achievements
5. Building pyramids
Tikal http//www.talkabouttheworld.com/mundo_maya/
tikal01.jpg
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F. Collapse Unknown began circa 900 AD
1. Warfare 2. Overpopulation 3.
Over-farming 4. Food shortages 5. Famine 6.
Disease 7. Invasion
Stela-- Warrior on Earth Monster http//facultysen
ate.villanova.edu/maya/pic462.htm
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Great Pyramid of Chac in Mexicos Yucatán
Peninsulahttp//magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm
/0204/feature3/zoom1.html