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Great civilizations of Mesoamerica
GREAT CULTURES OF MESOAMERICA
COMMON CHARACTERISTICS
Its rulers proclaimed themselves intermediaries with the Gods or directly as sons of God.
Gods were represented as mythological beings, a mixture of man and animal or of different animals.
OLMECS, THE FIRST TO FORM STATES
First civilization (1200 B.C) Mexican coast First Mesoamerican pyramid Monumental head carved in stone Calendar (365 days, divided into 18 months of 20 days plus five days at the end of the year).
OLMECS
First ball game
Heavy ball / break bones
ZAPOTECAS (800 B.C.)
South of Oaxaca and the isthmus of Tehuantepec Monte Alban main center Buildings, stadiums for ball games
MAYAS (600 B.C)
South and southeast of Mexico.
Expanded to Peten (Guatemala and Belize)
MAYAS
Highest pyramid in America (city el Mirador) Classic Period (around 300 A.C.:Maya city-states expanded to El Salvador: new cities were created: Quirigua, Palenque, Copan, etc Invented the zero and writing with logograms
AZTECS
Toltecas (950 A.C.- 1200 A.C.): Capital Tula Rulers dynasty: Dominated the Mexico valley and founded its capital Tenochtitlan (1325). The Aztecan empire expansion started in 1427 with the Triple Alliance: Texcoco, Tlacopan and Mexico - Tenochtitlan Moctezuma The capital had around 250,000 inhabitants Ended with the arrival of the Spanish
LOCATION
From central of Mexico to Costa Rica
Aztecan god of sun and war
Man with hummingbird feathers
