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    The Aztec and Incan religions were similar and different in many ways. For one, both empires and their religions consisted of polytheistic values. Both empires participated in human sacrifice. Both empires worshipped a sun god or deity. Both empires used religion to unify societies and access authority over citizens. Both kings of these empires were considered angelic. Both religions believed in gods and sacrifice. A very important role in the religion of these empires was agriculture. Both, the

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    Who were the Incas and the Aztecs? Who were the Spanish empire that was powerful? How did the Incas and the Aztecs take a stand against the Spanish empire? The Incas were American Indian people. They were originally a small trade located in the southern highlands of Peru. They built one of the largest and most tightly controlled empire the world has ever known. They also did all of that in less than a century. The basic unit of Inca society was the village, or the neighborhood. The residents thought

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    The Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas were civilizations that settled in Central and South America thousands of years ago. There are vastly similar to each other, but also very different. They each had their own ways of growing their civilizations into what they needed to be successful. They had their own cultures and ways of life, but the ideas of each of them similarly came together in one way or another. The Mayan civilization was located in Central America on the Yucatan peninsula and down into the

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    The Aztec and Incan civilizations had more advantages and disadvantages over one another. The Aztec Empire developed in modern-day Mexico in the 1350s to 1520s CE and were known for their large military power, and for creating conflict with other peoples. The Inca Empire developed in the Andes Mountains and from the 1500s to the 1630s CE and were known for Machu Picchu. They each carried different aspects of PERSIA that helped them make strong and sustainable empires. The Aztecs and Inca were complex

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    DBQ 5- Inca and Aztec Comparison Throughout the early fourteenth and fifteenth centuries C.E., empires such as the Chinese and Byzantine thrived and prospered. South and Mesoamerican cultures such as the Aztec and Inca arose at this time. These cultures grew to become very advanced, each inventing a wide selection of technologies to suit their social and economic needs. The economic characteristics of the Aztec and Inca Empires were similar in agricultural focus and an importance of trade; however

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    The Aztecs the Incas were the two major empires of the Americas prior to the European colonization. Both empires utilized similar forms of weaponry and armor for their militaries, with only minor distinctions. The organization and operation of the Incas and Aztecs were highly structured and organized. In terms of urban space the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan and the Incan city of Cuzco were both highly organized urban centers. Lastly, the foundation myths of both empires similar the foundation myths

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    The Aztecs and Incas: Similarities and Differences The Aztecs were warrior people who lived in the Valley of Mexico, with the capital at Tenochtitlan, during the 1400s. Under their authoritarian state, the Aztecs worshipped their patron god, Huitzilopochtli, among other deities. Despite their warrior tactics and developed belief system, the Spaniards conquered them in 1519. The Incas (or Inkas) were the people who lived throughout the Andes Mountains from southern Peru to central Chile. With a society

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    The Aztec and Inca population had very different weapons in comparison to the Spanish. For example the Inca people mostly used hand-to-hand combat while the Spanish used lances and swords because they also had horses while the Inca didn’t. Though the Inca’s even had a fortress that ran along their border and a population that easily outnumbered the Spanish, the Spanish still dared to create a battle between the two populations. An analysis shows that warriors from both the Aztecs and Incas started

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    lives of the maya, aztec, and inca were more or less the same. They had similar religions but different gods. They all had strict government,technology,and religion and religion was their most important one. They all had a end point and for each tribe their end point was different times and reasons. The three tribes had different reasons for sacrifice and different parts of the sacrifices that were important. The mayan lived in 400 BC to 1517 AD or 200 AD to 900 AD. the aztecs lived from 1200 to

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    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. Maya culture relied heavily on the female population. Before, agrarian labor was seen as a male domineering field; however, studies of the Classic Maya culture indicates farming was a communal occupation. All citizens, including

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