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| Yukitan Penisula - earthen pyramids, stone tools, carved 10 ft. stone heads, ball courts, traded rubber. |
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| tribe of 20k, lived atop at 1200 ft. mountian. |
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| Captial city of meso america, massive pyramid, trade center, utilized "chinampas". |
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| Guatemala - Traded cacaos, obsidian. Calendar, Mathmatics, astrological experts. |
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| Mayan leader who had a large palace built in his honor. |
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| The first people to cross over into the new world as nomads. Smi-sedentary, moving from one place to another. |
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| Missippi river valley peoples. Built large serpant mounds, traded rubber, maize,. |
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| South West American tribe who lived in the cliffs and adobe huts. |
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| tall, stepped, stone pyramid. |
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| Mayan supreme god "lizard house" |
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| God of high noon - patron deity, symbol of the Azteks them selves. |
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| Aztek supreme god - Feathered serpent, Much like Shiva. |
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| The belief in the material and devine worlds. |
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| The belief in the material and devine worlds. |
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| Modern day peru - set up roads for communication, war nation, used Quipu to record data. |
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| Incan use of knotted cords used to record data. |
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| Weather pattern that is blamed for drying the Moche tribal area leading to collapse. |
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| Northern Peru, foothills of Andes - 10,000 strong, two massive 15 acre adobe pyramids, Artizans, warriors. |
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| largest city in n. america until philly. many large mounds, center for trade. |
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| w of mississippi river. Navajo for "the ancient ones" they mastered irrigation, grew squash, beans. elaborate roads, |
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