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9 Cards in this Set
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The Aztec Calendar |
The calendar system used by the Aztecs as well as other Pre-Colombian people of Mexico. Based on a 365 day year and has a 260 day ritual cycle. |
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Messengers |
A respected special group of fast swift runners who delivered goods and valuables to other empires running vast distances and land |
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Mayan calendar |
a system of calendars used in Pre-Colombian Mesoamerica, and in many modern communities in the Guatemalan highlands, Veracruz, Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico.
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Mayan Mathematics |
A ancient number system used for math in Mesoamerica. This number system had 3 symbols with a base 20 this thought to being have to do with fingers and toes. The number 0 was represented by a shell. 1 by a dot and 5 by a bar. |
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Aztec Sacrificial Offerings |
A Aztec practicing and tradition was human sacrifice to the "gods". They thought that doing this would bring good crop growth and weather. |
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Causeway |
a raised road along altered wet land. |
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Moche |
A culture that flourished in pre-Inca times on the coast of Peru. |
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Matriarchy |
a system of government ruled by a woman or women. |
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Patriarchy |
A type of government when the eldest man of the royal family rules until passes on to descents. |
