Incans:
Agriculture:
-one of the first to use terraces
-used hand plows
-culture and economy centered around agriculture
-main crops were potatos and quinoa
Trade:
-didn't do a lot of trading
-traded crops and textiles
Religion:
-had many gods
-viracocha-creator god
-inti-sun god
Language:
-had over 70 different languages
-used heiroglyphics
Math:
-for counting they used ropes and put kows in them-knots called quipo
Fall of Incas:
-fell because the alahoopa and ascar were at war
-spanish came which brought disease that killed most Incas
Weapons:
-used shoanti bola-spiky thing
BUI's:
Mit'A- a form of mandatory inca community service. somewhat replacement of taxes
Ayllu-term used for the high up villages in the Andes South America
Quipo- the only known system of recording communication from the inca empire
Mayans:
Trade:
-traded foods such as fish, nuts, and squash
-traded raw materials such as rocks
Religion:
-Sacrificed human heads to the gods
-also sacrificed animals
Agriculture:
-main crop maize
-gre pumpkins and avacados
-fished and hunted deer and other wild animals
BUI:
glyph-an element of writing: an individual mark on a written medium tat contributes to the meaning of what is written
codex-folding books from pre columbian mayan civilization
Popl vuh-narratives that explained Mayan creation and history written in hieroglyphic text
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