Aztecs and Incas

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Aztecs and Incas

• I. Locations
• AZTECS
• MAYAS
• INCAS

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II. The Aztecs (1200-1500sAD)

• 1. Facts
• a. Warriors
• b. Central Mexico
• c. Tenochtitlan capital (1325)
• -Mexico City
• -Built on an island

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• d. Skilled workers
• e. Written language
• f. Fine woven cotton
• g. Polytheism
• -gift of human blood
• -public human sacrifice
• -appease the gods
• h. Conquered by Spanish (1500s)

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III. Greatness of the Incas

• 1. South America
• -Equador, Peru, Bolivia,
• Chile, Argentina
• -0ver 12 million people
• -over 20 languages

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2. Religion Government

• a. Emperor
• -representative to Sun God
• b. Government owns/controls
• land
• c. All men serve Government
• -army, public service, etc
• d. Women serve Church
• e. Excellent rulers
• -respect diversity
• -promote education
• -the Inca way
• -roads, hospitals,
• crafts, architecture

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3. Inca Farms

• a. Terraces on mountain-sides
• -corn, rice, peppers

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4. Decline of the Incas

• a. 1532 Spanish Conquistadors
• -Attack led by Francisco Pizarro
• -Incas conquered by 1572