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Topic 14: Great civilizations of Mesoamerica - Coggle Diagram
Topic 14: Great civilizations of Mesoamerica
Common
proclaimed intermediaries with the gods or directly as sons of god
Aztecan god of sun and war
They usually made human sacrifices to these gods
society was divided into very marked social classes
Olmecs
First civilization
in their calendar they had 365 days divided into 18 months
first ball game
Zapotecas
Monte Alban main center
Buildings stadiums for ball games
Mayas
highest pyramid in America - Mirador
Invented the zero
Writing with logograms
Aztecs
Mexico valley and founded its capital Tenochtitlan
the capital had around 250.000 inhabitants