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    Although some try to connect the Native American game to the rubber ball games of the Mesoamerica. The number one rule of the Native Americans is still enforced in today game when it comes to lacrosse, the ball cannot be handled with hands only with the stick. There is not much solid data from the early times of lacrosse, many tribes could have…

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    Military History Essay

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    has change over the years from the starter of military. At the beginning with Ancient times military history was more about what kings had done in battle especially with complex society that had some kind of written language like Egypt and Mayan Mesoamerica . It was not like history is today. It was more give the ruler instruction on how to rule or strength the ruler reputation. The Greek were the first to write about…

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    The Aztecs were ethnic groups of central Mexico who grew to conquer large areas Mesoamerica known as the Aztec Empire. The Incan Empire was a civilization along the coast of South America that conquered neighboring regions through their military strengths. While both the Aztecs and Incas had similar social hierarchies consisting of the elite, government officials, and commoners, the Aztecs had no structured form of government only paying tributes to officials compared to the Incas’ military ran…

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    Aztecs and the Mayans. It was then called the land of Mexico where the cacao trees were first seen. The Spaniards then shipped the cacao to the Philippines through the use of the galleon trading system. The Philippines was the first country outside Mesoamerica that plants and grows cacao. It became more popular to the country and also to the other parts of the world. As stated by the Cacao Manual published by the Inter-American Institute of American Sciences, the fruit of the cacao tree is…

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    Townsend, Camilla. Malintzin’s Choices: an Indian woman in the conquest of Mexico. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. 2006. Selfishness or NOT Malintzin’s Choices: An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico is a book written by Camilla Townsend. Townsend’s timeframe in this book takes place in the 1519-1521.Townsend describes the thesis of this book throughout her work, her thesis basically stated that Malintzin was an indigenous woman that translated for Hernando Cortés in the…

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    For the past 7 million years, humans have found methods of survival. From the beginning of the human race, until agriculture is discovered and introduced, hunting, gathering, and scavenging was the only viable strategy of getting food (Weisdorf, 2005). These methods have evolved over time as either food supplies increased, decreased or disappeared. There wasn't a choice but to adapt to their surroundings to survive. From the beginning until about 10,000 years ago, hunting and gathering appeared…

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    KEY CONCEPT 2.2 An empire can be defined as a large collection of people across a large range of land that live under a common rule. Empires have long trade routes on land and coastline as well as taxes imposed on their people. Religion was also enforced and attacks from barbarians could be found. Governments included systems of central and local in order to maintain order along with armies in order to defend borders and keep peace. Classical empires encompassed a fewer number of people than…

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    Canines: Faithful Companions For thousands of years, dogs have been viewed as loyal companions, but for some they mean much more. Whether they are genetically born to hunt, herd, or protect inside they have an overwhelming sense of feeling that most people do not believe is there. A feeling of compassion for other animals and humans. No matter if they were never trained or have months of training, they know when a good cuddle is needed. Many will argue, but in my opinion and experience dogs are…

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    This would mean that their agriculture would continue to be reliable, and give a surplus of food, thanks to the Earth and Sun gods and deities. Furthermore, the more territory that the Aztecs conquered in Mesoamerica, the more opportunities were provided to come into contact with new resources, which would have an influence on how the sacrifices would go about. SECOND BODY The Aztecs’ views on their sacrifices were so normalized that they were perfectly content…

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    Sun Temple Research Paper

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    The temple of the sun is a smaller and steeper temple than Bacchus. The sun temple was built from piles of rubble with an outer layer of limestone blocks or volcanic rock which is mostly solid rock with internal features. The Sun temple has 3 million tons of rock material and was built without being built of metal tools the use of animals or the wheel invention The temple was built with stone block and held together with lime mortar and covered with plaster then painted like a fresco secco the…

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