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Great civilizations of Mesoamerica - Coggle Diagram
Great civilizations of Mesoamerica
COMMON CHARACTERISTICS
Its rulers proclaimed themselves intermediaries with the Gods or directly as sons of God.
Mythological beings, a mixture
Gods were represented as 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).
COMMON CHARACTERISTICS
They usually made human sacrifices to these Gods.
They based their subsistence on agriculture.
Similar techniques in ceramics, metallurgy, weaving and feather art.
Society was divided into very marked social classes.
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
OLMECS
First ball game
Heavy ball / break bones