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During the post-classical period did the societies in the Americas have direct Contact with the old world? |
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| What were the characteristics of American civilizations during the post classical period? |
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Similarities to the great centers in Asia and the Mediterranean |
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| Who were the nomadic peoples who entered central Mexico following the decline of Teotihuacan? |
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| The Toltec Capital was established at... |
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| What was the relationship between the Toltecs and their predecessors in Central Mexico? |
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| Many of the Toltec's successes are fused or confused with their Predeccesors |
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How did the Aztecs view the Cultural achievements of the Toltecs? |
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They saw it as almost sacred |
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| The Toltec Empire lasted until about what date? |
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| After the sack of Tula, the center of population and political power in Mexico shifted to... |
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| The People who succeeded the Toltecs as the rulers of central Mexico were the... |
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| Around what year did the Aztecs migrate to the Central Valley of Mexico? |
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| In the period shortly after the arrival of the Aztecs in the valley of Mexico, what was the nature of political organization around the region? |
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| What was the city challenging for dominance at the time of the Aztec arrival in the valley of Mexico? |
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| As a result of the Aztecs expanded and conquered what religious practice was expanded into an enormous cult? |
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In what year did Tenochtilan emerge as the dominant force in the central plateau that it controlled along with Texcoco? |
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| What was the impact of expansion and conquest on the Aztec social system? |
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| It had become a stratified society |
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| The Aztec prime minister responsible for the expansion of human sacrifice and the rewriting of previous histories was... |
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| Describe the Aztec religous system |
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| Vast, uniting and sometimes oppressive |
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| What was the major themes of cults of Aztec Religion? |
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| The Central figure of the cult of human sacrifice and the most sacred deity of the Aztecs was... |
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| The Aztec innovation in intensive agriculture in the aquatic enviroment of the lakes of central mexico was the development of... |
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One of the most permanent features of the Aztec society was tis organization into clans or... |
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What was the significant difference between the life of women in Mesoamerica and in the Meditterean world? |
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| They are not of lower ranking |
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| What was the nature fo the Aztec administration of subject territories? |
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| An expansion of long existing Mesoamerican concepts |
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| The Image of the Inca empire as a carefully organized system in which every community collectivly contributed to the whole is referred to as... |
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Why did Marvin Harris call the Aztecs a "cannibal kingdom"? |
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| It practiced human sacrifice and did not abolish it |
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The most powerful of the Andean states between 900 and 1465 following the decline of Tihuancaco and Huari? |
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| The Capital of the Inca empire was... |
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| The Inca ruler associated with the first creation fo the inca empire in 1438 was... |
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The religous practice mos closely associated with the state and the person of the inca in Andean civilization? |
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| way stations used by Inca's as storehouses and inns |
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Where was Inca Nobility drawn from? |
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| What were the differences between Incas and Aztecs? |
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| Trade Effeciency, writing, metallurgy and Social Definition |
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