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Maya
Location: Central and South America Cities: Guatamala, Belize, and Western Honduras
Aztec
Inca
Social Structure The Incan social structure was very grouped. Every Level on the social steps had many groups of people. Every Group had one “boss” or “leader” and contained 10 people.
Religion: The Mayan people worshiped several gods. three of the main gods were Itzamn, Kukulcn, Bolon Tzacab. The purpose of these gods were to provide guidance throughout life and keep people doing the right things. A few gods represented the creator of earth, rain, death, and suicide.
Location: The South Central region of present day mexico
Religion: The Incas believed in reincarnation. Two of the top gods were Inti and Viracocha. The Incan gods represented things like sea foam, sun, moon, and star. They sacrificed animals mostly but sometimes humans to keep their gods happy. Sometimes that is seen today. Most of it, I would say, is not in the U.S. and there probably isn’t anymore human sacrifice.
The Mayan people sacrificed both themselves and animals to keep the gods happy
Food: The Mayans are known for burritos. Long ago the Mayans would make tortillas and put things like corn and squash in them.
Technology: The Incas knew how to store food. They would leave food out during dry, hot days and cold nights. This would freeze-dry the food very quickly.
the End: Francisco Pizarro led the Spanish to Inca. Pizarro was searching for land to conquer and for riches. He eventually stumbled upon the Incas and got royal approval to conquer and take over the land.
Location: Cuzco, Peru South America
The End Herman Cortes sailed over to Mexico with 400 soldiers, 100 sailors, and 10-20 horses and took over many places in the region and ended up taking over the Aztec’s land.
Food Chocolate was a drink for the elite for the Aztecs. The majority of people that drank it were either soldiers or nobility. Aztecs would also eats dogs and birds.
Religion The three main Aztec god were Huitzilopochtli, Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcoatl. The Aztec gods represented crazy things. For example; Smoking Mirror, hummingbird wizard, and Sovereign Plumed Serpent. The purpose of the gods were to give to the humans, but the only way the gods would give is if the humans gave back. The Aztecs would have several human sacrifices. Priests would nourish the gods with blood by percing several different body parts.
Social Sructure The Aztec Law was very brutal and harsh, yet simple. You break a law, you die.
