EARLY

AMERICAN
CIVILIZATIONS
MAYANS, INCAS, AND
AZTECS
SOL 11

All 3 had economies based on

trade and agriculture

Corn | Squash | Beans

All 3 were Polytheistic and

practiced Human Sacrifice

All built religious

pyramid.

Mayan Empire

~200 A.D - 900 A.D

Location:

Southern Mexico
and Central
American rainforest
in the Yucatan
Peninsula.

Mayan Government
Mayans

had many
city-states
ruled by
kings

Mayan Accomplishments
Developed

365 day
calendar

Invented

number
system
based on 20
and included 0.

Mayan
Accomplishments
Maya

invented a
written
language that
uses
hieroglyphics.

Notable City

Chichen Itza was a Mayan city- state

Incan Empire

~1200 AD -1535 AD
Location:

In the Andes
Mountains of South
America

Notable City
Machu

Picchu lost Incan palace

Incan Economy
Based

on high altitude
agriculture.
Carved

terraces into
the Andes mountains
to farm

Built

a vast network of
roads and bridges to
connect the empire.

Aztec Empire

~1300 AD- 1535 AD

Location:

Arid valley in central

Mexico.

Notable City
Built

city of
Tenochtitlan,
an island in the
middle of a
lake.

Causeways

connected
island to
mainland.