Mesoamerica

In the past, many different civilizations have made amazing achievements. Three of the many civilizations have made quite interesting fulfillments. In the past, people were astonished at what humans in the America's had accomplished! The Aztec, Mayan, and Incan civilizations each had something that impressed people that came from different cultures. The Aztec's had a very impressive capital, the Mayan's had stunning pyramids, and the Incan's made a advanced way on how to farm.

From 250 A.D to the late 1500 A.D ,Their was three advanced civilizations known as The Mayans,The Aztecs,and The Incas,They manage to controlled most of Central American,South American, and some regions of Mexico. Each of them were very different in their own way of living,But somehow they still manage to shared some of the same qualities.They were very religious it revolve around they daily life,Their religion require many human sacrifices to please the gods,They thought the sacrifices would allow the sun to live and the gods to flourish their empire.All three of them had their own way of prospering,Some of them were cruel,hard-headed,and very unfair which later lead on them losing all the power,empires and their culture.

A very long time ago, there were many ancient civilizations, three of them were called the Olmecs, Aztecs and Mayans. These were ancient civilizations that, throughout history, had many accomplishments. Focusing in on some of these achievements, a lot of the advancements made by these civilizations were in religion, economy, and technology.

No ruins were as good as the Incas they cut stones with block fits exactly that nothing would fit between. The people were also hunters. They invented an advanced water system. They raised llama and alpaca for wool. These people were well known for their working metals. There greatest art was ceramic which had real and mythological features painted on them. These people believe in the sun god and nature god also did human sacrifice for religious purposes. The women just like the Aztecs watched over the kids and did house work; they also were healers and midwives. Their women were taught to be women at the age of 8 and 9, at this age some were sacrifice for the gods. There burials were like moneys but rapped in string then dressed, were the body was place vertically and things surrounded the body.

b. To what extent has the history of Mesoamerica been taught from a Eurocentric perspective? What theories, ideas, and/or terminology are problematic when trying to assert an Indigenous perspective? (For example: Bering Strait, Malintzin, Cuauhtemoc, Human Sacrifice...there are many more examples!)

Mesoamerica have been connected the North and South America culturally and geographically throughout the history. Mesoamerican culture and aspects heavily influenced southwestern United States, being the frontier borderline between North America and Mesoamerica. It is very important to study the relationship between the Mesoamerica and American Southwest because American Southwest contains various elements of Mesoamerican culture and this provides fundamental information about human behaviors, history, interactions, and tradition in America. Our group has selected Agriculture, Architecture, Religion, and Trade as our categories to analyze the relationship between American southwest and Mesoamerica. Fair trade, we will focus on scarlet macaws and how it got traded from Mesoamerica in the American southwest and its significance. For architecture, we will compare the ball courts of Hohokam and that of Mesoamerica. Significance of ball courts and how it got introduced into the American southwest from Mesoamerica will be discussed as well. Religion will be analyzed by focusing on the cosmological beliefs of both groups and the similarities and differences between Mesoamerican cosmology and American southwest cosmology.

Mesoamerica is full of rich culture. Expeditions have revealed monuments of valiant, female sultan erected for display and iconography feminine in appearance. Women have played a prominent role in defining cultures; such is the case for Maya, Inca, and Aztec societies.

Their civilization flourished as they embraced their Mesoamerican heritage. They established Tollan as their capital, which later became the center of a prosperous civilization.

The Mesoamerican ball game began over 3,500 years ago. Ceremonies, city and daily life revolved around this exciting sport. The survival of the both the players and the spectators depended on the outcome of the game. The Mesoamerican ball game had a court to play on, a ball that was used during the game, uniforms that the players wore, and rules to follow during gameplay. Even though the Mesoamerican ball game was the first sport, it was a very advanced sport with how many different ideas went into the creation of the game. The ball game was found all over Latin America including in the Olmec, Toltec, Maya and Aztec civilizations with the Olmecs believed to be the inventors of the game. The Mesoamerican ball game was not just an exciting and dangerous sport; it was a winner takes all competition. The ball game was a game of life or death.

In The South and America since World War II, James C. Cobb narrates the ever-growing South and southern culture beginning with the attack on Peal Harbor and ending in the present time. Cobb describes the drastic changes the South faced in recent history, ultimately to portray the South in its relationship to the nation as a whole. Cobb comes to the conclusion that one cannot understand America without looking towards the South, and one cannot understand the South without relating the culture to the bigger picture of America. It is important to note that James C. Cobb is a research professor of history at the University of Georgia and has written other books pertaining to the subject of southern history, therefore this book is written within

This civilization was grand in history from its beginning to its end as the diversity of different elements presented the richness of what this empire must have been. They were a well-known Mesoamerican civilization that had one of the largest empires known to the Americas. Religion was a central part of their life as their everyday activities revolved around

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Mesoamerica was a place where people shared similar traditions and customs creating a unified region. Mesoamerica is one of the only six primary cultures in the world where human culture and civilization started. The people here share common cultural elements including, the calendar, hyroglific writing, astronomy, monumental architecture and complex religious systems. The Aztecs followed complex agricultural practices as well. Like other aspects of this society, Aztec agriculture was highly developed. Some of the domestic plants brought over by Mesoamerica include: avocado, agave, amaranth, gourds, cashew, chyota, chia, chili peppers, beans, papayas, peanuts, prickly pear, pumpkin, yucca, vanilla, sweet potato, Tabaco, cocoa, cochinilla, and

Mesoamerica is the area in which the ancient Maya had lived, and is the area where modern Mayans are still reside. According to Coe, the Mayan geographic can range from Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Yucatan Peninsula, and the Mexican States of Chiapas and Tabasco (1966:17). Yet these areas are not limited to just Mayan. Many structural architecture remains today has proven the complexity of the Mayan culture in Mesoamerica.

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