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MESOAMERCIAN CIVILZATIONS (Incas (The Inca civilization flourished in…
MESOAMERCIAN CIVILZATIONS
Aztecs
The Aztecs believed that they lived in the era of the fifth sun and that any day the world could end violently. In order to postpone their destruction and appease the gods, men performed human sacrifices. Their duty was to feed the gods with human blood, thereby keeping the sun alive.
Aztec, self name Culhua-Mexica, Nahuatl-speaking people who in the 15th and early 16th centuries ruled a large empire in what is now central and southern Mexico.
The Aztec empire had begun and grew in 1300 to 1521.
The Aztecs dissapered because of Spanish conqueres.
Mayans
The Mayans religion involved several aspects of nature, astronomy and rituals. Most Gods represented a form in nature, for example, Sun God, Kinih Ahous, or Maize God, Yum Kaax.
The Maya are an indigenous people of Mexico and Central America
The end of the Mayan civilization is unkown to todays modern life.
Evolution of Maya culture 2600 B. C- 1800 B.C Started-900 A.D End
Incas
The Inca civilization flourished in ancient Peru
The Inca Empire started in 15th century A.D. up until its conquest by the Spanish in the 1530s.
They believed that their ruler, the Inca Sapa, was part god himself. The Inca believed that their gods occupied three different realms: 1) the sky or Hanan Pacha, 2) the inner earth or Uku Pacha, and 3) the outer earth or Cay pacha. Inti - Inti was the most important of the gods to the Inca. He was the god of the sun.
The Incan civilazation had dissapered because of the Spanish. Half the population was enslaved and the other half were killed.
