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Aztec calendar
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Calendar system that was used by the Aztecs as well as other Pre-Columbian peoples of central Mexico
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Mayan calendar
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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
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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
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Human sacrifice was a religious practice of the pre-Colombian Aztec civilization, as well as other Mesoamerican civilizations such as the Maya and the Zapotec.
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Messengers
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A person who carries a message or is employed to carry messages.
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Causeway
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A raised road or track across low or wet ground.
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Moche
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A pre-Inca culture that flourished on the coast of Peru in the 1st to 7th centuries AD.
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Matriarchy
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A system of society or government ruled by a woman or women.
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Patriarchy |
A system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line.
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