Mesoamerica: Olmecs , Maya, & Aztecs

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Mesoamerica: Olmecs, Maya, & Aztecs

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Mesoamerica: Olmecs , Maya, & Aztecs. Olmecs. The “mother civilization” 1400 BCE – 300 BCE Located in tropical lowlands of Mexico Invented Rubber Ball game. The Maya. 200 – 900 CE Located in Yucatan peninsula, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras Invented Mayan Calendar. Tikal. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Olmecs

• The “mother civilization”

• 1400 BCE – 300 BCE• Located in tropical

lowlands of Mexico• Invented Rubber Ball

game

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The Maya• 200 – 900 CE• Located in Yucatan

peninsula, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras

• Invented Mayan Calendar

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Tikal

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Chichen Itza

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Bloodletting & Human Sacrifice

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Chichimeca Migration• Came from Aztlan• Chichimecas first left in 900 CE

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Aztec Empire

• Mexica migrated to Lake Texcoco in 1325 CE• Worshipped Huitzilopchtli• 1 million people total

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Tenochtitlan

• Aztec capital, founded in 1325 CE

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Chinampas “Floating Gardens”

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Pulque

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Moctezuma

• Became Aztec emperor in 1500

• Waited for return of Quetzalcoatl


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OLMECS (1200 BCE-400 BCE) ( 18° 06' 12" N, 94° 02' 25" W) THE FIRST ‘MAJOR’ CIVILIZATION IN MEXICO (OL[D]- MECS) “Mother Civilization” of Mesoamerica By.

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