Mesoamerica

Spanish conquest of Mexico in 1519. Throughout the book, Portilla discusses the significant events that occurred in the Aztec society. The indigenous groups in Mexico such as the Mexica (Aztec) had a thriving culture and advanced society in ancient Mesoamerica. The people of the Aztec society were educated, studied many subjects of interest such as astrology, and built great architectural pyramids that were breathtaking and beautiful. The capital of Tenochtitlán was the most advanced city at the…

pyramids. The Egyptian civilization, located in Africa, was at their peak from 2640-1814 BC, but their pyramid building was done primarily from 2660 BC and 2180 BC. The Mayan civilization was at their peak around 200- 900 BC and was located in Mesoamerica in the Yucatan.…

Negative Impact of Spanish Exploration At the peak of its power in the sixteenth century, the Spanish Empire was quick to send their powerful navy to the newly discovered Americas. With a growing population, the most dominant entity in the world was looking to expand. Unfortunately for the inhabitants of the Western hemisphere, the purpose of their voyage was to conquer land and take resources. This “age of exploration” for the Spanish had a tremendous effect on the population of Aztecs living…

The civilization Mesopotamia lies between lies between the two rivers, Tigris and Euphrates, of West Asia. The weather there is sometimes hot and dusty, like a desert, but other times, there would massive floods taking over the area. Organizations such as the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Chaldeans, had ways of living to control the environment they were in. The Sumerians, out of all groups, were the most successful. Of 10,000 to 50,000 inhabitants, they built various city-states. They…

After the conquest of Mesoamerica, Spain set up a social structure with power concentrated through a hierarchy. A vague word called race played an enormous impact on social structure in Mexico. A person 's race was determined by the Spaniards who were in control and used their definition of race to project labels on people. Based on these labels, a Spanish social structure was formed. The organization of society was clearly defined in the 1500’s, but by the mid-1600’s mixture of different races…

celebration of the Day of the Dead is distinctive in its history, countries, and customs. The Mexican carnival has unique history involving how it has become what it is today. This carnival came about as a result of the 16th century conversion of Mesoamerica and Europe. “Ceremonies held during the Aztec summer month of Miccailhuitontli were mainly focused on the celebration…

The Heard Museum received a statue of a young man in a kneeling pose, made of the volcanic rock andesite as a donation from a patron. The art style is from Olmec culture, which is classified as part of the Early Preclassic period in Mesoamerican history. The Olmec people lived in the modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco on the Golf Coast of Mexico between 1500B.C.E and 400B.C.E. The young man stone statue found on El Azuzul in Veracruz, and is commonly known as part of a set of statues…

of the great stone cities of the Maya were abandoned by A.D. 900, however, and since the 19th century scholars have debated what might have caused this dramatic decline. The Maya civilization was one of the most dominant indigenous societies of Mesoamerica (a term used to describe Mexico and Central…

Africa was a very diverse continent that had many different kingdoms including The Kingdom of Ghana, The Kingdom of Mali, lastly The Kingdom of Songhai. One of the main kingdoms was the Kingdom of Mali. Ghana was the ruling kingdom for hundreds of years but due to losing in wars it collapsed during the 1100s. Once it collapsed The Kingdom of Mali rose to power. During the middle of the 1200s Mali was established by Sundiata Keita. Sandiata won or defeated Ghana and captured its capital in 1240.…

valleys developed their own cities: Huang He Valley and the Chang Jiang River Valley. The Qin and Han Dynasties gave China unified rule and supported twenty percent of the world’s population (Christian, Brown, Benjamin). The Olmec and Mayans gave Mesoamerica their first cities around 1000 BCE. The greatest phenomenon of the emergence of cities is that, at many different locations in different climates all over the world, cities were emerging and humans were adapting agriculture all at about the…