Mesoamerica

The Maya Civilization is one almost everyone knows in this day and age. What they do not know, is how long ago this civilization existed. The Maya Civilization can be divided into 3 time periods, preclassic period, classic period, and postclassic period. The total years they existed were from 2000 BC to 909 AD. That is a long time! Firstly, Maya people lived in a vast area; from northern Mexico down south into Central America. The location we now call Guatemala, Belize, and western Honduras…

The Aztec Civilization were recognized in the 13th Century from 1300-1521. They originated in countries of Mexico, Tenochca, and Texcoco. Temples were buildings that the Aztec had used for Religious purposes. To construct the temples they had used primitive tools such as stones, chisels, and blades. To form the base of the temple they used colorful and easy to cut volcanic stone called tezontle and they used rubble and limestone. Tenochtitlan was built on the island of Lake Texcoco. The Aztec…

Experts Have Found an Old Mayan Statue That Looks Like an Alien in Mexico Experts found a mysterious statue in Mexico. It is believed to be an ancient Mayan statue. In fact, this mysterious statue shows an alien that is holding a human hand. You can see a snake that is surrounding a small alien. In the profile view of the artifact, the alien is holding a human head. The eyes of the statue are in an oval shape and the head is pretty strange as well. This incredible discovery was revealed by…

The Aztecs history is fun to learn about. 1100 ce when the Aztecs were born. Also, the lived north Mexico. There first ruler was Acamapichtli. At this time, Tlaxcalans went to war with Montezuma II. The empires controlled a lot of people 11,000,000. Francisco Hernandez De Cortes was the first european tourist; mexican territories. March 1519, Cortes landed at the town of Tabasco. Beyond, that cortes marched into mexico with 400 soldiers. Aztecs got defeated by Tlocalo and Huejotzingo in…

This artefact is called the Dresden codex; it is one of the four Mayan books that still exist today. It is kept in the collection of the Saxon State and University Library in Dresden, Germany. The other three are in secure places in Madrid, Paris and in Mexico City. The Dresden codex consists of 39 leaves, inscribed on both sides, and 358 centimeters long, the codex was folded in an accordion like-manner. The Mayans adapted their system of writing called glyphs, from the Olmecs around 50 B.C…

to it as this because of the fact that this ancient city is a very intergral part to Peru’s rich culture and history. Its story begins with its construction in the 15th century. It was constructed during the rule of “the two great Incas”, Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui, who ruled from 1438 through 1471, and Tupac Inca Yuanqui, who ruled from 1472 to 1493. Eventually in the sixteenth century spaniards invaded, chasing the Inca out. Centuries later in 1911 an explorer named Hiram Bingham rediscovered…

Carolyn Dean’s article “The Trouble with (the Term) Art” emphasizes the ambiguous nature of the word “art,” especially in regards to ancient and non-Western cultures whose religious and mythological traditions are often embedded in the aesthetics of everyday objects, blurring the line between representational beauty and utility (Dean 2006: 25-32). The Codex Borgia can be seen as one such example of this phenomenon. The Borgia likely originated from the Valley of Puebla, namely the cities of…

All About Peru In South America,the Aztecs, Mayans, and Inca history started here. South America is located right under North America. There is minerals like gold, iron, silver, and copper. In South America, there is the Amazon Rain forest. Toucans, parrots, and a Giant Galapagos Tortoise all live in the forest. In South America, Peru is found. Peru has an ancient feature named Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu is built on the Andes mountain in Peru. Inca leaders take Machu Picchu as a royal estate.…

What is Early America? Early America’s is a time period that started in 3000 B.C. -A.D. 1900, and there are plenty of things that happened in this time period. The Maya, Aztecs, and Inca are best known of the urban oriented civilization. The Native Americans was the oldest of nomadic hunters. There traditions included pottery, music and dance, and their architecture. Pottery is apart of the cultural forces therefore pottery is along with their culture and also ceramics, which is…

1. Where, and at what time period did the Aztec Civilization exist? Where and what time period In 1110-1248 the first of the Aztecs searched for a place to stay. It is said that their god Huitzilopochtli told them to settle were they see an eagle eating a snake on a cactus. They roamed for ages until 1325 when they spotted the eagle eating a snake on a cactus in Tenochtitlan. Timeline 1110-1248- The Aztecs traveled Mexico to find a location to settle 1325- they settled in Tenochtitlan 1350-…