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Chapter 21:. World's Apart: The Americas and Oceania. States and Empires in Mesoamerica and North America. Societies had limited or no contact with Africa, Asia, Europe Brief presence of Scandinavians in Newfoundland, Canada Some Asian contact with Australia - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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States and Empires in Mesoamerica and North America
• Societies had limited or no contact with Africa, Asia, Europe– Brief presence of Scandinavians in
Newfoundland, Canada– Some Asian contact with Australia
• Mesoamerica in period of war and conquest, 8th century AD
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Major Pre-Columbian CivilizationsMajor Pre-Columbian Civilizations
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The Toltecs• Regional states in central Mexican valley
– Religious and cultural influence of collapsed Teotihuacan– Intense warfare
• Toltecs migrate from north-west Mexico, settle at Tula (near modern Mexico city)– High point of civilization: 950-1150 AD– Urban population of 60,000, another 60,000 in surrounding
area– Subjugation of surrounding peoples
• Civilization destroyed by internal strife, nomadic incursions 1175 AD
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The Mexica• One of several groups of migrants, mid
13th c. AD
• Tradition of kidnapping women, seizing cultivated lands
• Settled c. 1375 ADin Tenochtitlan (later becomes Mexico City)
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Tenochtitlan: The “Venice” Tenochtitlan: The “Venice” of the Americasof the Americas
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• Dredged soil from lake bottom to create fertile plots of land– Chinampas, up
to 7 crops per year
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ChinampasChinampas
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The Aztec Empire
• Mexica develop tributary empire by 15th century
• Itzcóatl (1428-1440), Motecuzouma I (Montezuma, 1440-1469)
• Joined with Texcoco and Tlacopan to create Aztec Empire
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The Toltec and Aztec Empires, 950-1520 AD
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Mexica Society
• Hierarchical social structure
• High stature for soldiers– Mainly drawn from aristocratic class– Land grants, food privileges– Sumptuary privileges, personal adornment
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Mexica Women
• Patriarchal structure
• Emphasis on child-bearing– Especially future soldiers– Mothers of warriors especially lauded
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Priests
• Masters of complex agricultural/ritual calendars
• Ritual functions
• Read omens, advised rulers
• Occasionally became rulers as well
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Cultivators and Slaves
• Communal groups: calpulli– Originally kin-based– Management of communal lands– Work obligation on aristocratic lands
• Slave class– Debtors– Children sold into slavery
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Mexica Religion
• Influenced by indigenous traditions from the Olmec period
• Ritual ball game
• Solar calendar (365 days) and ritual calendar (260 days)– Not as elaborate as Maya calendar
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Mexica Gods
• Tezcatlipoca (“smoking mirror”)– Powerful god of life and death– Patron god of warriors
• Quetzalcóatl– Arts, crafts, agriculture
• Huitzilopochtli– 14th century popularity, patron of Mexica– Emphasis on blood sacrifices
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Tezcatlipoca
Turquoise mask representing the god Tezcatlipoca, from the
British Museum.
Tezcatlipoca as depicted in the Codex Borgia.
Modern depiction of Tezacatlipoca.
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Quetzalcoatl
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Ritual Bloodletting
• More emphasis on human sacrifice than predecessor cultures
• Sacrificial victims had tips of fingers torn off before death, ritual wounds– Victims: Mexica criminals, captured enemy
soldiers
• Personal rituals: piercing of penis, earlobes
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Aztec Human Sacrifice
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Aztecs Sacrifice Neighboring Aztecs Sacrifice Neighboring Tribes to the Sun GodTribes to the Sun God
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Huitzilopochtli
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Peoples and Societies of the North
• Pueblo and Navajo Societies– American southwest– Maize farming 80% of diet– By 700 AD, construction of permanent stone or adobe
dwellings, 125 sites discovered
• Iroquois Peoples– Settled communities in woodlands east of Mississippi
• Mound-building peoples– Ceremonial platforms, homes, burial grounds– Cahokia large mound near east St. Louis, 900-1250 AD
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Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, Illinois
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Trade
• No written documents survive regarding northern cultures
• Archaeological evidence indicates widespread trade
• River routes exploited
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States and Empires in South America
• No writing before arrival of Spaniards, 16th century AD– Unlike Mesoamerican cultures, writing from 5th
c. AD
• Archaeological evidence reveals Andean society from 1st millennium BC
• Development of cities 1000-1500 AD
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Before the Coming of the Incas• After displacement of Chavín, Moche
societies• Development of autonomous regional states
in Andean South America• Kingdom of Chucuito
– Lake Titicaca (border of Peru and Bolivia)– Potato cultivation, herding of llamas, alpacas
• Kingdom of Chimu (Chimor)– Peruvian coast– Capital Chanchan
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The Inca Empire• From valley of Cuzco• Refers to people who spoke Quecha language• Settlement around Lake Titicaca mid 13th
century• Ruler Pachacuti (r. 1438-1471) expands
territory– Modern Peru, parts of Equador, Bolivia, Chile,
Argentina– Population 11.5 million
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The Inca Empire,
1471-1532 AD
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Quipu and Inca Administration
• Incas ruled by holding hostages, colonization
• No writing, used system of cords and knots called quipu
• Mnemonic aid
Inca Quipu
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The The QuipuQuipu: An Incan : An Incan DatabaseDatabase
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Cuzco
• Capital of Inca empire
• Residents high nobility, priests, hostages
• Gold facades on buildings
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Cuzco: Ancient Capital of the IncaCuzco: Ancient Capital of the Inca(11,000 ft. above sea level)(11,000 ft. above sea level)
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Machu PicchuMachu Picchu
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Machu PicchuMachu Picchu
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Incan Terrace FarmingIncan Terrace Farming
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Incan MummiesIncan Mummies
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Inca Gold & SilverInca Gold & Silver
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Inca roads
• Massive road building system• Two north-south roads, approximately
10,000 miles– Mountain route– Coastal route
• Paved, shaded, wide roads• Courier and messenger services• Limited long-distance trade, held by
government monopoly
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Incan Society and Religion
• Social elites dominated by infallible king– Claimed descent from the sun
• Worship of ancestors– Remains preserved in mummified form– Regularly consulted– Sacrifices offered– Paraded on festive occasions
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Aristocrats, Priests, and Peasants
• Aristocrats receive special privileges– Earlobe spools as adornment
• Priestly class ascetic, celibate
• Peasants organized into community groups called ayllu– Land, tools held communally– Mandatory work details on land of aristocrats– Public works
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Inca Religion
• Inti sun god
• Viracocha creator god
• Temples as pilgrimage sites
• Peasant sacrifices usually produce, animals (not humans)
• Sin understood as disruption of divine order
Viracocha
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The Societies of Oceania
• Nomadic foragers of Australia– Virtually static culture
• No agriculture
• New Guinea – Swine herding, root cultivation c. 5000 BCE
• Small-scale trade of surplus food, some goods– Pearly oyster shells, spears, boomerangs
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Aborigine with Boomerang
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Cultural and Religious Traditions
• Loosely tied to environment
• Myths, stories about geological features
• Rituals to ensure continuing food supply
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The societies of Oceania
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The Development of Pacific Island Societies
• Established in almost all islands in early centuries BC
• Trade between island groups
• Long-distance voyaging on intermittent basis– Brought sweet potatoes from South America
c. 300 AD– Voyages preserved in oral traditions
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Population Growth
• Extensive cultivation
• Fishing innovations– Fish ponds allow small fish in, trap larger fish
• Population density leads to social strife, economic degradation
• C. 1500 AD fierce fighting, cannibalism
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Development of Social Classes
• Complexity of population leads to articulation of distinct classes– High chiefs, lesser chiefs, commoners,
artisans, peasants
• Small multi-island empires form– Limited before 19th century– Yet controlled land allocation, labor and
military conscription
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Polynesian Religion
• Priests as intermediaries to divine
• Gods of war, agriculture most prominent
• Ceremonial precinct or temple: Marae (heiau)
Taputapuātea, an ancient marae at Ra'iātea in the Society Islands, restored in 1994.