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Early History (Early Native American Civilizations (pg.8-15) (Aztec…
Early History
Early Native American Civilizations (pg.8-15)
Olmec city
farming areas
squash
beans
maize
mines
jade
obsidian
religous
pyramid stone temples
Maya
huge stone temples
hieroglyphics
recorded history of kings
civilization mysteriously collapsed
Toltec
Tula
conquered lands all the way to Yucatan
have been captured by Aztec
controlled trade
had the most powerful weapons
Aztec
captured Tula
adopted Toltec culture
conquered neighboring trades
Tenochtitlan
held 250,000 people
more than 100 feet tall
Aztec farmers
floating gardens
Inca
Peru
Powerful civilization
Inca ruler founded military posts, put in place a complex.
work crews built roads, irrigation systems, and suspension bridges.
bridges linked to the empire of Cuzco
Spanish
guns, cannons
carried unknown disease to war
killed more Aztec than did the Spanish weapons
attacked Inca with cannons/guns
Pizzaro
captured Inca
Europeans brought enslaved Africans