Honors World History I: Classical American Societies

Classical American Societies

Maya Trade

Land + Water

Gulf of Mexico

North and South America

Feathers, stones cacao, obsidian, pelts, jade, and turchoise

Aztec Trade

Water + Land

Canues

Central America

Lake

Vegetables

Bridges

Obsidian, jade, cacao, luxury items

Cahokia Trade

Export agriculture

Missisipy river basin

Michigan to south america

Import turquoise, obsidian, copper, shells

Teotihuacon Trade

Meso america

Southern US

Panama

Land + River

Canues

Import: Luxury goods

Export: feathers, salt, grains, cotton, limes, maize, beans, squash

Nazca Trade

Gulf of Mexico

Moche

Carribean States

Expert: Pottery, textiles, glasses, spices, minerals

Moche Trade

Land + Water

Nazka

Export: metalworks, pottery, art, fish

Maya Tech

Irrigation systems: Carved steps into hills for water to flow down

Stone and obsidian tools

Pyramids

Solar calendar

Base 20 system

Written language

Aztec Tech

Chinapas: Soil dumped into shallow water for nutrients for agrigulture

Solar calender (when to harvest ctops)

Religious callender (When to hold ceremonies)

Bridges

Cahokia Tech

Protective wall around towncenter and surrounded by farmland

Solar calender(agricultural solar knowledge)

No written language

Teotihuacon Tech

Wells and canals for directing rainwater to main cities

Pyrimids for offerings and burrials

Aparment compounds

Palaces

Obsidian tools and weapons

Nazca Tech

Mathamatical knowledge (geomitry for Nazca lines)

Astronomical knowledge

Potery and textiles

Medical practices

Irrigation systems + water from Andes into aquaducts

No written language

Moche Technology

Irrigation system

Archatecture

Pottery

Metalworking

Pyramids

No written language

Mayan Gov’t

Decentralized gov’t

City states (traded between)

God like rulers

Herreditary ruling

Priests held power

Aztek gov’t

Tributary empire (threatened other city states)

Disorginized military

Other city states pay tribute and are pressed into military servitude

Cahokia gov’t

Cetralized system

Priests had power becasue of astrinomical knowldege

Grainery: food for all people

Teotihuacon gov’t

Centralized

Nazka gov’t

Shamans had power

Religion = power

Cheifdoms = viliger towns

Moche gov’t

2 main regions (diff language)(diff ruler)

City states

Mayan religion

Polythiestic

mythology traditions

Temples: ceremonies = human sacrifice

Aztec religion

Polythietec

People had to repay the gods (POW sacrifices)

Cahokia religion

Ritual sacrifices

Teotihuacon Religion

Temples and pyramids

polythiestic

most likely held rituals

Nazka Religion

Human sacrifices

Nazka lines mode for the gods

preserving dead

Moche religion

Polythiestic

mythology + rituals

Human sacrifices (POW)