Incas:
Trade- open markets, roads, bridges, gold, silver, llama wool,
religion- human sacrifice, large festivals for god of rain and sun, polytheistic
kingdoms- sapa dynasty, cuzco-capitol, inca civil war
math- quipo- knots used for counting
calender- 12 months, three weeks in a month and 7 days in a week
language- some letters look like our own letters
ag- no animals, terraces, irrigation, corn, freeze drying
francisco szarro conquered the incas
they did skull surgeries
mita- labor tax on male citizens of the empire
ayllu- families living together and sharing land, animals, and crops
Aztecs-
they had two different calenders, one for time, one for worshiping gods. they used blood like we use holy water
stone and wood weapons
used pictures to represent words
had many gods, temple of mayor was the temple of sacrifice
astronomy- 365 days in a year
herbs for medicine
used numbers based on 20's
moctezuma- last emperor, handed over power to mexico
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