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1/24/13

Effects of the stock market crash

investors and businesses lose millions

thousands of banks fail-saving are wiped out

businesses cut production-lay off workers

efffects of the great deppersion

new deal prgrams start makes the us govt much larger
defict

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1/24/13

Tikal Temple Pyramid

The Tikal temple pyramid alternate name is El Gran Jaguar. It is called that because of a lintel that represents a king sitting upon a jaguar. It is located in Tikal and El Mirador Guatemala. It was built by the Mayans and the mat

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1/25/13

 The Pyramids of the Sun and Moon

 

            The Pyramids of the Sun and Moon are located at Teotihuacan. Teotihuacan is located in the southern middle part of Mexico. The Sun’s height is 246 feet tall or 75 meters. The Moon’s height is 138 feet tal

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El Castillo

Also known s the temple of kukulka, its was built by the mayans but there was worked added on during the 1920-1930 after more digging took place. There was another room deep in the temple that held a jaguar. This was a temple dedicated to their go ku

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Building Assigned Blog-Mesa Verde

Megan Stessman

Mesa Verde

    Mesa Verde is located in Montezuma, Colorado. At this present time, it’s a national park that you would be able to visit if you would like to. It is about 84 square miles in size. It is made up of the preserved Anasazi or

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Assigned Blog World History "Calakmul"

Calakmul is a Mayan city that is down in southern Mexico. It is one of the biggest out of all the mayan cities and is the most least visited. The reason its the least visited is because this city ir really in the middle of no where. It is in the midd

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Assigned blog for January 24th, 2013

Santa Cecilia Acatitlan

Acatitlan is an archaeological area of the early Aztec culture centered in the city of Santa Cecilia in the 12, 13, and 1400's. 

In the year 1299 , the Tepanecs demanded the Aztecs who conquered peoples and places to keep them u

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Assinged blog- The Pyramid of the Sun

        This is the third largest pyramid in the world. The height of this structure is 71.2 meters or 233.5 feet. The base perimeter is 893.9 or 2,932.8 feet. The angle of the slope is 32.494 degrees. The Aztecs found it in their capital city and th

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Building Blog - Mayans

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Around 3,000 years ago, a civilization called the Mayans built pyramids in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Belize. In present day, the Mayan Pyra

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The Mayan Pyramids

 The Mayan Pyramids were built by the Mayan people who lived in Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Belize. The Pyramids were built nearly 3,000 years ago. People believe that greatest tourist attraction in Mexico and Central Ameri

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Tikal is a city in present day Guatemala, but Tikal is also the name of a series of very famous temples that are there. They are important pieces of Mayan architecture.There are four Tikal Temples. The temple that I chose is Tikal Temple I. This temp

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The Pyramid of the Magician in Uxmal, Mexico, is an ancient Mayan pyramid. It is also known as the House of the Dwarf or Pyramid of the Soothsayer. It is about 115 ft. tall, and its base is 227 by 162 feet. It is the tallest structure in the Pre-Colu

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Heiroglyphic Stairway

The hieroglyphic stairway,... where do I even begin? Out of the thousands of known Maya archaeological sites, only 20 of them are hieroglyphic stairways. Out of those 20 few have survived undamaged by time and nature. The hieroglyphic stariway is als

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Assigned Blog: Templo Mayor, Aztecs

Templo Mayor

The Templo Mayor was a large temple located in the Aztec capital city, Tenochtitlan, which is modern day Mexico City. This temple was extremely important for the Aztecs and their way of life. But the temple did have construction that went

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Templo Mayor stands for great temple. Its an Aztec pyramid that was found in mexico city. It was built in honor of the war and water god. The pyramid started being built during 1325 AD and was gradually added on to. Templo mayor was the center of rel

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Tlachtli

                Tlachtli is the Aztec arena in which they played their ball game which was called Ollamalitzli. They ball they used was called Ollamaloni. The ball was a type of rubber and it sometimes weight as much as 9 lbs. The goal of the game wa

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The Aztec's sacrifices were a gruesome practice. However in their eyes it was a very serious ceremony.  The Aztecs would usually only sacrifice the captives of war. They would drag the captives up the steps of sacrifice temple. There four priests wou

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Intihuatana

The Intihuatana is located at the archaeological site Pisac located in Machu Picchu located in Peru. It is a ritual stone. It is associated the astronomic clock. The astronomic clock is the calendar of the Inca's. It was built somewhere between 2100-

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