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Aztec calendar |
Is a calendar system that was used by the Aztecs as well as other Pre-Columbian peoples of central Mexico. |
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Mayan calendar |
Is a system of calendars used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, and in many modern communities in the Guatemalan highlands, Veracruz, Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico. |
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Mayan mathematics |
The Mayans devised a counting system that was able to represent very large numbers by using only 3 symbols, a dot, a bar, and a symbol for zero, or completion, usually a shell |
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Aztec sacrificial offerings |
It was a human sacrifice that is a religious practice of the pre-Columbian Aztec civilization, as well as other Mesoamerican civilizations such as the Maya and the Zapotec. |
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Messengers |
A person who carries a message or is hired to deliver a message. |
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Causeway |
A raised road or track across low or wet ground. |
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Moche |
A pre-Inca culture that flourished on the coast of Peru in the 1st to 7th centuries AD. |
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Matriarchy |
A system of government or society ruled by a women or woman. |
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Patriarchy |
A system of government or society in which the eldest male or father is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line. |
