The Aztecs, the Incas, and the Mayans Essay

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    The Mayan civilization was a very intelligent civilization. Astronomy was very much part of their life as was the calendar, and mathematics. Social class was determined by economics, religious beliefs and politics. Talented potters, sculptors and artists with abilities in carving jade and other semi precious stones. The Mayans were very intelligent farmers and architects as well. The Inca civilization flourished in ancient Peru between c. 1433 and 1533

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    The Mayan, Aztec, and the Inca have a lot of differences and similarities. For instance, they might have some similarities in religion and some differences in their religion. They might have some similarities in economy and they might have some differences. They might have some similarities with their capital and some differences. They might have some similarities with their time periods as well as some differences. The Mayan might have a one thing that the Aztec or Inca don’t have. The Aztec might

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    Mayans Vs Aztecs

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    The Mayans had the smartest way of living. Let me explain to you why. The Mayans were better than the Aztecs and Incas when it came to geography, religion, architecture, and more. The Mayans had a smarter plan when it came to geography because they had more access to water that the needed in their everyday lives. The Mayans lowlands were full of rainforest and savannas, where lakes and rivers came from the Usumacinta river. The Usumacinta river was important as the form of transportation for both

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    is compare and contrast paper about the mayans,aztec,and the Incas and i am going to talk about the economy,religion,social system,government, and technology. The location of the mayans was in the middle of the mesoamerican or called today honduras and nicaragua. The time periods of the Mayans were 1000 BC- AD 1542, 2000 BC- AD 300, 300-900, 900-1500 those are the time periods of the mayans. The capital of the Mayans was tikal. The location of the Aztecs in mesoamerica in the middle of mexico were

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    The mayans, aztecs, and the incas were all advanced for their time. The mayans had a math system. The aztecs took over the highest cities in the area. And the incas had control of 1,250 miles of the western coast of south america. The mayans were definitely advanced for their time. One way is that they had a society based on classes, the classes were nobles, middles and priests and commoners. The mayans didn't become an empire but they had many cities and traded with each other, but occasionally

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    Mayan, Aztec, and Inca Advancements. Did you know that the Incas were so advanced at stone masonry that they did not use concrete or anything like that when building structures, and something as thin as paper couldn't even fit between the rocks? The Mayans lived in Mexico and Central America around 1500 BCE, the Aztecs covered most of Mesoamerica in 1400 CE, and the Incas were in Peru during 1450 CE. The Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas advanced because of their astronomy, architecture, mathematics, and

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    correlations and divergences between the Maya, Inca, and Aztec civilizations. The Maya, Aztecs and Inca were all located on the same continent but in many different regions. The Mayans, Aztecs and Inca all had different ways of entertaining. These cultures were all very religious and sacrificed many things for their Gods. There are many different ways the cultures did things, whether it was their location, entertainment, or religion. The Mayans, Aztecs, and Inca were all located on the same continent but

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    The Incas , Aztecs, and mayans were both similar and different in their own unique ways and in different beliefs and practises of everyday life. The first main topic we are going to be discussing is the topic of religion in every culture and the ways their beliefs of gods change. Then we will discuss further information about these groups and how they lived , functioned and ruled their lives.                To start it off the Incan religion which involved human sacrifice which during the time period

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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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    The Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas are all big groups of people that used have roamed the lands of earth. They all have a specific location, time period, capital, economy, religion, social system, government and technology. First we are going to start with the 3 group’s location, time periods, and the capitals. The Maya’s location is in southern Mexico. For example; Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and El. They like to live in rainforest and dry lowlands. There cities have many buildings like house made out

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