Mr. Kallusingh topic 6

Developed in Andean South America around the same time as Olmec(Mexico)

Chavin artist created ceramic religious vessels and decorated seashells with images like cats

Mysteriously disappeared around 400-200BC

Had a large farming class, and a small elite class made of military, political leaders, and religious leaders

The worshipped a God that was part Jaguar and Human

Made 15 giant stone heads that where up to 40 tons made of basalt which was 50 miles away, proving they were an advanced civilization

They were located in the Oaxaca Valley centered on Monte Alban

They had a calendar and a logo syllabic system of writing that was an example for Maya, Miztec, and Aztec

They had ball courts that were used for ancient ritual ball game

Machu Pichu was one of their cities, it was made of stones that fit together perfectly not needing mortar

Quipu was a string system of keeping records

They forced poor people to do labor like building roads, fortresses, and irrigation systems

Tenochtitlan was the main city in the empire. It may have had 200,000 inhabitants. It had pyramid temples, markets, and palaces.

Lake Texcoco was the lake that the Aztec civilization was built on, Chinampas

Glyphs was the only complete writing system in the Americas, it was a picture based writing system

The Mayan empire controlled the Yucatan Peninsula

What is the difference between a Kingdom and an Empire?

What are we, and why?

Human Sacrifice was done in different ways for different reasons

Incan surgeons could perform brain surgery

Mayans developed number system with zero