World History

aztec people

The ________ were originally called:: mexicas which is where the name Mexico came from.

John Lloyd Stevens

________ came across mayas by accidental wandering towards one pyramid.

Tenochtitlan

________ was the most densely populated city in terms of population.

Modern calendar

________:: is composed of 18 months of 20 days making a total of 360 days.

John Lloyd Stevens

________ would write multiple books on his findings one of them being titled "The peaceful mayan people.

The mayan golden/classical era was from

250-906 AD

The Mayan empire is located mainly in Central America, in portions of eastern Mexico

Yucatan peninsula, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, portions of El Salvador

The achievements of the mayan empire(1)

Very urban civilization with 40 major cities with 40-50 thousand people in each population

The achievements of the mayan empire (2)

Current day Guatemala, city of Tikal, slightly larger than Manhattan Island

The achievements of the mayan empire (3)

first modern language to the americas

The achievements of the mayan empire (4)

masters of mathematics

Calendar 1

modern calendar

modern calendar

is composed of 18 months of 20 days making a total of 360 days

Calendar 2

sacred/ religious calendar

sacred/ religious calendar

composed of 13 months of 20 days each

Calendar 3

Long Calendar

long calendar

dated events for over 1000s of years

Mayan game pacatok

whoever wins gets sacrificed

in 1830

mayan civilization would be rediscovered by John Lloyd Stevens

in 1956

mexican archaeologist Albert Ruse would discover secret chambers within the step pyramids of mayan kinds and saw proof of mayan sacrifice

The aztec people were originally called

mexicas which is where the name Mexico came from

Purpose for the Aztecs migration

more fertile land & emergence of a power vacuum

In 1325 AD

The Aztecs would build their first settlement

The Aztecs first build the capital of

Tenochtitlan

1428 AD

the beginning of the aztec expansion