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Aztecs, Incas and the Mayans

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Aztecs Links. Hos-McGrane Grade 6 Projects > Inca Empire. Aztec Indians, Gods, Art, Culture, Civilization, Religion, Calendar. Aztec Art In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, an advanced, complex civilization controlled the Valley of Mexico: the Aztecs.

Aztec Indians, Gods, Art, Culture, Civilization, Religion, Calendar

They are also known as the Mexica, although probably the term Mexica applies only to the dominating tribe that ruled the area. Conquistadors - Peru. The Aztec Empire. THE AZTEC EMPIREOriginsEmpire expansionismAcatitlanMalinalcoTenayuca PyramidTenochtitlanTexcotzingoTlatelolcoMoctezumaTepanec EmpireTriple AllianceArchaeological Sites in Mexico City ARTIFACTSAnthropomorphic SculpturesAtlantean Warrior ColumnsBallgameBraziersDishwareFiguresFunerary UrnsMusical InstrumentsJewelryMasksVessels ARTIFACTS OF ROYALTYTizoc StoneStone of Moctezuma ICoronation Stone of Moctezuma IIHeaddress of Moctezuma IIFeathered ShieldsTemple Stone CALENDARThe Aztec CalendarAztec CalendarMexica/Aztec Calendar Systems.

The Aztec Empire

The Incredible Incas - Daily Life in the Inca Empire. Aztecs. Mystery of the Maya. Deep within the jungles of Mexico and Guatemala and extending into the limestone shelf of the Yucatán peninsula lie the fabled temples and palaces of the Maya.

Mystery of the Maya

While Europe still slumbered in the midst of the Dark Ages, these innovative people had charted the heavens, evolved the only true writing system native to the Americas and were masters of mathematics and calendrics. Without advantage of metal tools, beasts of burden or even the wheel they were able to construct vast cities with an astonishing degree of architectural perfection and variety. Their legacy in stone, which has survived in a spectacular fashion at places such as Palenque, Tikal, Tulum, Chichén Itzá, Copán and Uxmal, lives on as do the seven million descendants of the classic Maya civilization. Mythology of the Mayas.