Maya, Inca, Aztec
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- maya
- Sunday Dec. 21, 2012
- aztec
- Had a mail service faster than today's ground mail service
- aztec
- They slaughtered a princess and were exiled to Lake Texcoco
- inca
- sacrificed children to the mountains
- inca
- master carvers of stone
- maya
- turned their backs on their kings. Walked away
- inca
- ruled from Colombia to Chile
- inca
- terrace farming
- aztec
- Melinche was the female traitor to this group
- inca
- their buildings complemented nature
- inca
- Sudamérica
- inca
- they had pack animals
- aztec
- Hernan Cortez conquered them
- maya
- concept of zero
- maya
- Chichen Itza's snake of March 21
- inca
- lived and farmed 9,000 feet above sea level
- inca
- Hiram Bingham began the true research for this group
- aztec
- Tenochitlan: biggest city in the world
- aztec
- Moctezuma
- aztec
- Their King was stoned to death by his own people
- inca
- small pox reached this group before the spaniards
- aztec
- floating farms called "chinampas"
- aztec
- Valley of México
- aztec
- Their ruins lie under Mexico City
- inca
- considered themselves the children of the sun
- aztec
- lost 90% of their population to small pox
- inca
- Francisco Pizarro conquered them
- maya
- 1st astronomers of Latin America
- maya
- precise calendar of 365 days
- maya
- 1st indoor plumbing of the Americas
- maya
- abandonded their great cities
- maya
- regular blood letting by King and Queen
- inca
- Machu Picchu
- maya
- 500BC-1100AD
- inca
- lived in the Andes