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Pre-Colombian America (Olmecs/Zapotecs (Legacy (OLMECS: Mother culture,…

- - - - Hot + Humid #
      - Copious amounts of rain
        
        Lots of flooding
      - Advantages
        
        Deposits of salt + tar
        
        Clay
        
        Wood + Rubber from jungle #
        
        Hard stone #
        
        Fertile land #
  - - - Sudden collapse
        
        Invaders or
        
        Self destruction upon death of rulers or
        
        Cities fell eventually
  - - - Large network throughout Mesoamerica
        
        Raw materials
  - - - Nature gods
        
        Monuments and sculptures for adoration
    - - Certain structures, such as "the mound", used as religious center
- - - - Trade alliances with Olmecs and Teotihuacans
        
        Influence
    - - "Slash and burn"
  - - - Goods
      - Sacrifice of captured enemies
  - - - Cocoa beans and other objects as currency
  - - - Peasants with specialized abilities could move up the hierarchical pyramid
      - Kingship was passed down
      - Urban centers had god - kings -- large religious influence #
  - - - Probable cause - civil war and separation into smaller cities
  - - - Hot climate in low lands
      - Mountains and cooler temperature in highlands
- - - - Revolts
    - - Disease
  - - - lots of nature gods
      - war god as well, #
  - - - Priests + military
        
        Commoners cultivated the land #
  - - - Successful conquests of neighbors - payed taxes, contributed to economy #
      - Toltecs help
  - - - High altitude valleys
      - Hot + humid
        
        Ideal for agriculture
        
        Self sufficient empire
      - Surrounded by water
        
        Keep off enemies
        
        Advanced hydraulic engineering techniques/ Aqueducts for transport of goods # #
        
        Footbridges for
- - - - Sons divide kingdom,
        
        Inconsistency in government
        
        War breaks out
        
        Weakened empire #
  - - - High altitude
    - - Hot and humid
  - - - Spread of influence and material
  - - - Different clothing patterns to discern social groups
      - Ayllu: Clans or small groups gathered to accomplish tasks deemed too big fro one person only
    - - Large oral tradition on culture and legislature
      - Postal service spread word throughout empire
  - - - Conquering of more land
        
        Very diplomatic, no turmoil from the part of the conquered peoples - got to keep their beliefs (like mongols did)
        
        The conquered had to pay taxes, sometimes paid with labor, which helped with #