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10 Ancient American Civilization, (Wari, Aztec, (Inca), (Mississippian)),…
10 Ancient American Civilization
Caral Supe
Daily Life- One of the artifacts found at Caral is knotted textile piece named a quipu, which archaeologists belive was a method of keeping records. Other pieces found include flutes made of condor and pelican bones, and cornetts made of deer and llama bones. Evidence of warfare has not been found.
Government- Sophisticated government is assumed to have been required to manage the ancient Norte Chico. Questions remain over its organization, particularly the political influenece of food resources.
Location- The coast of central Peru
Religion- Gods like the Sun, The Moon and four whitecaps, the star, etc...( which they represented as drivine beings). They made temples to venerate their gods and celebrate ritual dates. In fact the lords who governed could seems that they can communicate with their gods which guarantee the social orders.
Olmec
Government- The Olmec rise appears to have been a strong, centralization monarchy. The colossal heads, each one depicting a particular individual, are likely portraits of the Olmec kings who ruled form ornate palaces at San Lorenzo and Le Venta.
Daily life- Farming, weaving, pottery, and games. The men would go out farm squash, beans, sweet potatoes, and even tomatoes. Men also would fish.
Location- they lived in hot, huid lowland along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in what is now southern Varacruz and Tabasco in the southern Mexico.
Religion- The Olmec were polytheisthic, believing in many gods who controlled the natural forces of life. The gods took on human- life forms but had a mre of feline, reptile, and birds- like features.
Mayan
Daily life- Mayans everyday lives were busy, either with jobs, producing crops, and goods, ceremonies, games, dancing, writing, astronomy and mathematics. Mayans made a writing system that used hieroglyphs, which each pictures had its own meaning.
Government- Well organized city states each with a king, war was for tribute.
Location- Central America
Religion- Many gods king's blood scared sacificed animals and some humans.
Wari
-DAILY Life -to the town of Pandharpur, which is the seat of Hindu God Vithoba in the Indian state of Maharashtra, in honour of the deity. Palakhis (palanquin processions) carrying the paduka (a type of sandals or footprints) of the deity and various saints, most notably Dnyaneshwar and Tukaram from the Warkari sect, are taken from their respective shrines to Pandharpur.
Government- Unknown
-LOCATION: The Wari (Spanish: Huari) were a Middle Horizon civilization that flourished in the south-central Andes and coastal area of modern-day Peru
Religion- Andean beliefs (staff God)
Aztec
Daily Life-The king of the Aztecs lived in a large palace with many rooms and gardens. All of the wealthy had a separate bathing room that was similar to a sauna or steam room. Bathing was an important part of the Aztec daily life. Poor people lived in smaller one or two room huts that had thatched roofs made from palm leaves.
Government- Very powerful king, highly centralized, war was for captives and tribute.
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Location-Central America, Mexico
Religion-Many gods, sun gods most important, human sacrifice
Inca
Daily life-The daily life of a peasant in the Inca Empire was full of hard work. The only time peasants were allowed not to work was during religious festivals. Other than that, they were expected to be working when they were not sleeping. Most of the peasant men worked as farmers.
Government-King at the center of empire, War is for conquest
Location-South America, along the Andes
Religion- Many gods, some human sacrifice
Mississippian
Daily Life-The Mississippians lived in towns led by chiefs, not in cities ruled by kings and queens. Burial mounds served as monuments to high-ranking families, but mounds were built for other purposes as well. Many mounds are flat-topped platforms of earth; most are less than 10 feet high, but some are larger.
Government- Most Mississippian societies worshiped a sun god and maintained a fertility cult. Many of the paramount chiefs, such as those of the Natchez, often claimed to be descendants of the sun. The people of the chiefdom therefore treated the chief and his family as divine beings.
Location- Mississippian cultures lived in the Mississippi valley, Ohio, Oklahoma, and surrounding areas.
Religion-Mississippian religion was a distinctive Native American belief system in eastern North America that evolved out of an ancient, continuous tradition of sacred landscapes, shamanic institutions, world renewal ceremonies, and the ritual use of fire, ceremonial pipes, medicine bundles, sacred poles, and symbolic weaponry.
Tiwanaku
Daily life-The site was originally populated as an agricultural village. Due to favorable climate with abundant and predictable rain, which made the location ideal for farming and large-scale agriculture, Tiwanaku grew in spiritual and administrative importance and became the heart of the Tiwanaku Empire
Government- The Tiwanaku Polity (Spanish: Tiahuanaco or Tiahuanacu) was a Pre-Columbian polity in western Bolivia based in the southern Lake Titicaca Basin. Tiwanaku was one of the most significant Andean civilizations. Its influence extended into present-day Peru and Chile and lasted
Location-Tiahuanaco or Tiahuanaco
Religion-religious space of this city is shaped by a series of architectural structures that correspond to different periods of cultural accessions: Temple Semi-underground, Kalasasaya's Temple, Akapana's Pyramid, Pumapumku's Pyramid. In addition, the area politician - administrative officer is represented by structures as the Palace of Putuni and Kantatallita. This architectural complex reflects the complex political structure of the period and its strong religious nature.
Zapotec
Daily Life- Unknown
Government-The people was an indigenous pre- Columbian civilization that flourished in the valley of Oaxaca in Mesoamerica.
Location-Middle american indian population living in eastern and southern Oaxaca in southern Mexico
Religion-The rain god, and the Coquihani, the god of light. These deities, along with many others, centered around concepts of fertility and agriculture.
Nasca
Daily Life- Unknown
Government-The government was no able to centralize all population. At the end of this period of time Nazca the social complexity increased and the warfare led
Location- Nazca desert, Peru
Religion-he people of the Nazca culture were polytheistic and pantheistic, that is worshiped nature and the mountains, sea, sky, earth, fire, water, etc.. Most of the temples and other buildings were created in honor of these deities, in order to please the gods to not suffer famine.
