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    The document summarizes the history and cultures of early civilizations in the Americas, including the first Americans who crossed a land bridge from Asia, the Olmecs who developed one of the first true civilizations in Mesoamerica, the Mayans and Aztecs who built large cities and complex societies in Mexico, and the Incas who built the famous city of Machu Picchu high in the Andes Mountains in modern-day Peru.

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    The document summarizes the history and cultures of early civilizations in the Americas, including the first Americans who crossed a land bridge from Asia, the Olmecs who developed one of the first true civilizations in Mesoamerica, the Mayans and Aztecs who built large cities and complex societies in Mexico, and the Incas who built the famous city of Machu Picchu high in the Andes Mountains in modern-day Peru.

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    Americas

    - First americans
    - Came from asia
    - Crossed a land bridge
    - Olmecs “rubber people”
    - Developed first true civilization
    - No written records
    - Were polythestic
    - Lots of influence on art and social organization
    - Mother culture to many in mesoamerica
    - Mexico
    - Cinco de Mayo
    - May 5, 1862
    - Minor holiday in Mexico
    - Actually not mexican independence day
    - Mayans
    - 250-900 CE
    - Developed very complex civilizations
    - Religion organized
    - Valley of Mexico
    - Teotihuacan becomes a major city
    - Legend of the Quetzalcoatl
    - Culminate in the Aztecs
    - Aztecs
    - Gov’t ruled by emperor
    - Economy based on agriculture
    - Root of mexico city
    - Incas
    - Located in the Andes Mountains
    - Represented by Machu Picchu
    - Ruled by emperor
    - Polythestic
    - Very unified
    - Worship of all spirits
    - They had a religious draft
    - Machu Picchu
    - Maybe built as a getaway for emperors
    - Full of religious temples
    - Discovered in 1911
    - Abandoned after spanish conquest

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