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History of Latin America:
Ancient Civilizations and
European Colonization
Inca, Aztec, and Mayan
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Inca Civilizations
At the height of its existence the Inca Empire was the largest nation on Earth and remains the largest native state to have existed in the western hemisphere
Located in the Andes Mountains – from Ecuador to Chile
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Economy
Based primarily on farming
Terrace farming made agriculture in the Andes possible
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Ruins at Machu Picchu Photos by Linda Hammon
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Society
The Inca had a very advanced road system
The people traveled by foot from village to village
Lived in clans
Calendar based on the sun and moon
Very skilled artisans
Highly organized government
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Major Accomplishments
Irrigation systems
System of language
Domesticated the
llama and alpaca
– Used for clothing
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Maya Civilization
Located in Central America
and southern Mexico
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Economy Based on trade and
agriculture
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Accomplishments
Architecture – step pyramid
Hieroglyphics
Fully developed written
langauge.
Astronomy
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Calendar…The Mayans did not
predict the end of the world in 2012…
Mayan were skilled
mathematicians.
Invented a 360 day
calendar – very similar
to the one we use
today.
Their calendar did not
predict the end of the
world. The calendar
cycle simply ended .
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Aztec
Civilization
Located in
Central and
Southern
Mexico
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Economy
Based on agriculture, fishing, and trade
Capital city – Tenochtitlan was built on an island in the middle of a lake – Now the center of modern Mexico City
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Accomplishments
Credited for the
discovery of chocolate
– Cacao beans were
more valuable than
gold – acquired
through trade
Advanced political
system with an
emperor
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Colonization
• Treaty of Tordesillas (1494): Split newly discovered territory between Spain & Portugal at about 22 degrees west
• By the end of the 16th century, LA colonized – mostly along the coastlines
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European Exploration
“God, Gold, and Glory” were motivations
Diseases brought by the Europeans wiped
out many of the indigenous
Intermixing common
– European colonists + indigenous = mestizo
– African + indigenous = mulatto
Europeans/Whites were the largest single
group
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European culture still seen in LA
today
Languages= Spanish & Portuguese
Portuguese is spoken only in Brazil
Most Latin Americans are Christians,
mostly Roman Catholic
Economy still oriented toward export
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•Spanish heritage is strong in
the Andean Nations as is the
Indian (Inca) heritage.