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Dec 9, 1000
mayan
POLITICAL
-successsful farming method led to the accumilation of social classes
-noble class , which included priests and leading warriors occupied the top runs off mayan society
-merchants and pesants
-mayan king on top
ECONOMIC
-city-statess were independednt of each other,they were linked through alliances and trade
-agriculture provided basis for mayan life
-planted n raised beds of swamps and on hillside terraces
CULTURAL/SOCIAL
-worshiped gods by means pf praying and making offering -
Dec 9, 1000
mayan continued
religious beliefs led to the development of the calendr,mathematics and astronomy
-belived time was a burden on the gods back
-developed a 9260 days religious calender
-based calender off of the observations of the planets, sun and the moon
-writing consisted of about 800 heiroglyphics
- only 3 ancient books survived -
Dec 8, 1428
aztecs help form triple alliance
joined Texcoco and tlacopan to form triple alliance
POLITICAL
-alliance became leading power in the valley of mexico
-mesoamerica was divided into 38 provinces
-based power on military conquest and the tribute it gained fro conquered people
-excersized loose control
ECONOMIC
-controlled extensive trade network
-huge market was economic heart of Tiatelolo
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-provided food needed for huge population
-CULTURAL/SOCIAL
-military leaders held great power - nobles owned vast estates -
Dec 8, 1438
Pachacuti took over power
POLITICAL
-Incan ruled large empire
-government organized communities
-road system was 14000 miles long
ECONOMIC
-state controled most economic activities
- land ws organized into lower and higher geographical units, each producing goods the other couldnt
-allowed ittle private comerce and trade
-landownership was divided in 3 ways:state lands, religious lands,and community lands
CuLTURAL/SOCIAL
-history and literature were memorized as art of oral tradition
-elaborated calender system