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location: Mesoamerica
geography: rugged mountains and valleys --> Oaxaca Valley with fertile soil, mild climate, rainfall for agriculture
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technology: hieroglyphic writing system, calendar system based on movement of the sun, were first city builders |
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location: Mesoamerica
geography: hot and humid covered in swamps and jungles, big trees that blocked out sunlight, heavy rainfall --> yet had salt, tar, fine clay, wood, rubber
beliefs: prayed to variety of nature gods, worshiped the jaguar spirit (half human) represented different things
technology: art styles with pottery and sculpture, stone carvings |
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location: South America
geography: Andes Mountains, steep, rocky with poor soil, ice and snow, severe climate
beliefs: primary religious civilization with temples and art
technology: stone carvings, poetry, textiles |
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location: South America
geography: coast of Peru, extremely dry
technology: had irrigation systems with underground canals for farming
*: known for Nazca Lines, other textiles and pottery of animals and mythological creatures |
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location: South America
geography: north coast Peru, took advantage of rivers from Andes
beliefs: religion was never understood --> still many mysteries about them
technology: had impressive irrigation systems for wide range of crops
*: great wealth- jewlery, pottery |
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location: North America
geography: four corners region, dry desert lands, burning sun
beliefs: used kivas for religious ceremonies
technology: built pueblos, had irrigation system |
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location: North America
geography: very dry and hot lands
beliefs: had priest-rulers
*: last Mound Builder culture, based on farming and trade |
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location: North America
geography: woodlands
beliefs: believed the world was filled with nature spirits, great respect for the land as the source of life (sacred)
technology: had totems
*: best example of political alliances between tribes --> connections were mostly economic and cultural |
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location: Mesoamerica
geography: dry scrub forest, steamy jungles, mountains
beliefs: many gods (pretty much everything) prayed, made offerings, pierced and cut bodies, human sacrifices
technology: math, astronomy, 2 calendar system that worked together, written language (glyphs) |
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| Zapotec: the first real urban center in the Americas --> became very huge over time, was very advance and impressive |
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| North American Societies: a ceremony where families gave food, drink, and gifts to the community to display their rank and prosperity |
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| Anasazi: villages of apartment-style compounds, made to the conditions of surroundings |
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| Iroquois: a natural object with which an individual, clan, or group identifies with, symbol of unity, used in almost any area of life |
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| Maya: major center in northern Guatemala |
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| Maya: hieroglyphic symbols used to record historical events on codex |
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| Maya: bark-paper book (only 3 of these ancient books have survived) |
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