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The Moche were an Andean civilization that resided in ancient Peru. Animals were popular subjects of Moche art and were often depicted on pottery as a composite creature made up of multiple animals. One of the popular uses for pottery in the Moche civilization was to create stirrup spout vessels that held chicha beer for the elite. A specific ceramic stirrup spout vessel that appears to have animalistic qualities is the Vessel in the Shape of a Crested Animal which was found in Tomb 2 at the…

warlike nature and effects that engaged on the Maya collapse. (137) David Drew and Payson Sheets established their own personal evaluations that give certain possibilities of what caused for the Mayan civilization to fall. Though the undermining uncertainty of the downfall of the Mayan civilization could not be evidently determined before the rediscovery in the nineteenth century, reason to conclude now that the environmental and warfare factors caused the Maya…

considered the peak of the Maya civilization, it is remembered as a time where they had distinctive writing and calendric systems, and amazing architecture with pyramids, palaces, and ball courts. “Recent studies have revealed a more typical civilization motivated by warfare, the desire to dominate territories and natural resources, a pyramidal society, spectacular ceremonies associated with lineage and ancestors, and complex esoteric religious ideas” (Carrasco pg 55). The Maya took an…

The Maya, Aztec, and the Inca have similarities and differences. The Maya and the Aztec might have something in common that the Inca don’t have or vise versa. The Maya lived in the modern day Yucatan Peninsula. The Maya time period lasted from 200 AD to 925 AD. The Aztec lived in the modern day Valley of Mexico. The Aztec time period lasted from 1200 AD to 1521 AD. The Inca lived in Cusco which is located in modern day Peru. The Inca time period lasted from 1200 AD to 1537 AD. The Aztec and the…

Like many other religions there are do's and don'ts. All this information was found in The Sacred Book of the Ancient Quiché Maya (Mayan Bible). Like the Christian story of creation the Mayans believed that 4 gods first created animals. Though because they were not literate he then created dirt people although they weren't able to speak clearly and hence dissolved. They then…

THE OLMECS AND THEİR HİSTORY Olmecs we a powerful civilisation that had a great history. The Olmecs were the first civilisation in Mexico following a progressive development in Soconusco. “Olmecs lived in tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in the today states of Veracruz and Tabasco. Olmec civilisation prospered in Pre-Classical Mesoamerica from 1200 BCE to 400 BCE.” And it’s generally considered as the ancestor of all subsequent Mesoamerican cultures such as Mayan and Aztec. While…

Aztec architecture is simple but bold, elegant but powerful, with its mixed colors and symbols that help create a distinctive style. It refers to pre-Columbian architecture of the Aztec civilization. Instead of wrecking the old building that would add on to or built over it the old structure. While Aztec architecture doesn’t have many structures or “buildings” that are too well-known there is some that are still known and visited to this day. Aztecs also built pyramid temples for religion and…

According to the four sources provided, “A Historic Rediscovery”, National Geographic, “The Four Quarters of the World”, and the Kids Discover magazine, the authors provided information about how ancient Puebloan tribes and the Incas lived their lives with their kind of technology. In source one, the author, Robin Chalmer, talks about Mesa Verde, located in Colorado, and the kind of life led there by cliff dwellers. In source two, the publisher, National Geographic, talks briefly about the…

Comparing Maya and Inca Civilizations The Maya and Inca were one of the first Mesoamerica civilizations. The groups had similarities and differences. They were located in the same general region of the world. Religion played an important part in both religions. The governments were different in each society. The Mayan civilization started in 300 - 900 AD. It was located in what is now Guatemala, also known as the Yucatan Peninsula. In each of the Mayan cities there was a…

In the other side of the world, in the American continent the Maya civilization emerged in the peninsula the Yucatan and the country of Guatemala. As this great society grew in size and culture, it expanded to the north until the valley of Mexico. The Mayan empire seems to be a quite successful creating big construction such as pyramids which require more than 30,000 person-days of labor. Also it was able to to sustain a population of about 3 million. The successes of the empire can also be seen…