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Plays major role in society and rule.Worshiped gods in various ways. Beliefs led to the development of the calendar, mathematics, and astronomy
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cities exchange products of their local enviorment (salt, flint, shells, honey)
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lived individual political states that were linked together through trade,political alliances.
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Trade and the means of tribute was critical in a city-state society and growth of an empire.
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Family didnt individually own land, the land was owned by a group of families, the capulli.
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Relied hunting and gathering dedicated to their religion, Human sacrafices to worship Gods.
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System was that of an aristocracy meaning that a few entitled people ruled the rest of society.
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Basedon ancient social structures and can be explained through several principles
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Official language of the empire was Quencha, although hundreds of local languages and dialects of Quenchua were spoken
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During the period from about 800 to 925, the Maya abandoned the great cities of the central Maya area
