Aztec Vs Inca Compare And Contrast

In this paragraph, I will compare and contrast the location of where they lived and what the cities were like. We will first start off with the Mayans,the Maya were located in Central America and their cities were made of stone.There would be different parts of the city and certain types of buildings like churches. Next off we have the Aztecs,the Aztec were located in the land we call Mexico. And their cities were made of more than just stone. They were made with driving posts that they would drive into the water and they would be underwater structures also known as chinampas. Last off we have the Inca,The Inca were located in Peru. And their buildings were made up of stone that they would put into a curtain shape by just hitting another rock onto the stone …show more content…
The Maya had many gods which is considered polytheism. The Maya did Animal and human sacrifices. And the king’s blood was sacred and priest cut themselves at the beginning of the ceremony. Enemy warriors were scared while being sacrificed.If you survived a sacrifice then you would be considered sacred to the Mayans. The Aztec also had many gods which is considered polytheism. their most important god was the sun god. They had Human sacrifices. Thousands of sacrifices, over 20,000 for one ceremony. All enemies were sacrificed no matter if they were kids or adults. Last off is the Inca,Had many gods which is considered Polytheism. Emperor Sapa Inca was considered part god to the Inca. They did some human sacrifices. They sacrificed children because they considered them as the most pure. It was an honor for a kid to be sacrificed. We can compare that all of them had polytheism and human sacrifices. And we can contrast that only the Inca sacrificed Children no matter what and Aztec only sacrificed children if they were captured enemies. In conclusion, we compared and contrasted the Maya, Aztec and Incas