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    How Is The Aztecs Powerful

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    A New, Powerful, Ancient Civilization: The Aztecs When people think of ancient civilizations, a few dominant ones come up. These are usually the Romans, the Greeks, the Egyptians, the Chinese, and a few others. But one that is equally powerful but never mentioned are the Aztecs. The Aztecs have been obscured because their empire did not last long, but that does not mean that they were not powerful. The Aztec legacy started in the beginning of the thirteenth century. They soon became a dominant…

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    The cities of Cairo, Egypt and Yucatan, Mexico are home to some of the most remarkable structures of architecture within the ancient world. Such structures as the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt and the El Castillo in Mexico. These two structures are located miles apart from one another on two vastly different continents. However, both share similarities within their structural shape. But differ in their overall structural design and purpose within their civilizations. The structural shape…

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    When thinking about the Mayan civilization in the common mind, anemia is most likely not even a thought associated with the Maya. Instead, one may think of the architecture, culture, and reputation. In a 2011 article published by Katie Whitaker for the University of Ontario Journal of Anthropology, she explains the correlation between the Maya population and the evidence of anemia that was often overlooked since it was not a life-threatening disease such as the more common diseases like syphilis…

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    Maya Ceramics

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    the use of ceramics in the Maya area as chronological indicators. This classification schematic that Vaillant (1927) devised created a hierarchal grouping of ceramic wares as they were found within specific stratigraphic contexts at the sites of Chichen Itza, Homul, and Copan. They were then separated by slip color and surface finish respectively (Kosakowsky 1983). Taxonomically below wares si the category ‘type '. Type is based on of both the characteristics of external décor and presence or…

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    Mayan Civilization

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    The Mayan Civilization The ancient Mayan lived in the Yucatan around 2600 BC. Today this area is southern Mexico, Guatemala, northern Brazil and western Honduras. By 250 AD, the ancient Maya were at their peak of power. The history of Mayan civilization is divided into 3 principal periods: The Preclassic (2000 BC-250 AD), Classic (250 AD – 950 AD) and Postclassic (950 AD – 1539 AD) periods. The preclassic period of Mayans extend from 2000 BC till 250 AD. In this era Mayans switched from their…

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    “Each pyramid was dedicated to a deity whose shrine sat at its peak.”(encyclopedia). These pyramids became the center for their cultural, religious, commercial and bureaucratic power. Which would grow into large and incredible cities, including Chichen Itza, Tikal, and Uxmal. archaeologist were able to understand key components from the different styles and elements that were used. That…

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    The practice of human sacrifice was a very prevalent in the ancient cultures of the Mesoamerican region. While practiced by smaller civilizations, the Aztec empire’s aggressive use of sacrifice was romanticized in movies, books, and other mediums. Before the Aztec empire’s height in 1427, historians speculate that the natives practiced sacrifice only in small quantities. The Aztecs dominated the Mexican region in culture for the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. After the arrival of the Spanish…

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    connection with the heavens and being a descendant of a god. As the celestial reptilian god was a very important figure in the Maya life, these religious beliefs were sometimes incorporated in Maya architecture. The Mayan temple El Castillo at Chichen Itza shows an example of Maya 's’ perfect…

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    SCARY PLACES - WRETCHED RUINS BY:Steven L. Stern QUESTION FOUR:- Compare and contrast two individuals, events, or concepts from this selection. What is being compared and contrasted? THE LOST CITY- MACHU PICCHU, PERU & THE HIDDEN CITY OF TOMBS - PETRA, JORDAN Similarities The…

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    The Maya were often misinterpreted as uncivilized people that practiced human sacrifice, bloody rituals, and war. In contrast to European explorers, modern historians see the Maya quite differently in terms of sophistication. Located in Mexico, Belize, Central America, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. The majority of their surroundings was made up of volcanic mountains, scrub plains, and tropical rain forests. This ancient Mesoamerican world lasted for more than 2000 years, and was split…

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