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Compare And Contrast Inca And Aztecs

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The Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans all held similar qualities but had their own defining differences as well. The Aztecs live in Central America, Mexico from 1200 to 1521 with their capitol located in Tenochtitlan. The Mayans lived in Central America from 400B.C. to 1517 A.D. with their capitals being tikal, Chichen Itza, Copan, Palenque, and Mayapan. The Inca lived in South America during 1200 to 1572 with their capital in Cuzco. While the Mayans existed much longer than either the Incas or the Aztecs, all three were located in the Americas. Each of these societies economies for the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans, the Aztecs farm corn, beans, tomatoes, squash on chinampas. For the Mayans, they farm corn, beans and squash, for trade.

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