Americas

Early Human Migrations

Major Pre-Columbian Civilizations

Sculpture from the Americas

Lands of the Mayans

The Yucatan Peninsula

Chichen-Itza - Pyramid

Chichen-Itza - Observatory

Chichen-Itza - Ball Court

Mayan Cultivation � of Maize

Chac, God of Rain 🡪

Mayan Glyphs

Mayan �Mathematics

sky king house child city

Mayan Glyphs

Mayan Drinking Cup for Chocolate

Pakal: The Maya Astronaut

Quetzalcoatl:�The God of Wisdom & Learning

The Great City of Tenochtitlán.

Found at the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan

Hernando Cortés - conquistador

Incan Empire

Machu Picchu: dry stone walls

Terrace Farming

Chinampa

• small, rectangular areas of fertile arable land to grow crops on the shallow lake beds

Mayans – slash and burn

Quipu (kee-poo)

Mi’ta (season) Labor System��

• Mandatory public service for service works like roads
• Form of tribute to Incan government
• Corvée (forced labor)

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Incan Roads

Francisco Pizarro