Compare And Contrast Inca And Mongolian Civilization

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Common ideas and practices exist from some the earliest civilizations to the present day. Three cultures with distinct connections are the Incan, Mayan, and Mongolian civilizations. One example is how these societies all worshiped a sky deity. The Mayans placed placed particular importance on the sun and the shadows that it cast, while the Inca honored their most important god, Inti, as the creator of the world. The Mongolians paid homage to their sun god, Tengri. These three cultures also believed that humans were created from the earth. For the Inca, a god fashioned humans out of clay from lake Titicaca. The Mayans believed that humans were created from stone and the Mongolians understood that a god formed the first people from clay.
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