MESO-

AMERICAN
REVOLUTIO
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Intellectual Revolutions That Defined Society

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MESO-
AMERICA
A geographical and cultural area
which extends from central Mexico
down through CentralAmerica,
including the territory which is now
made up of the countries of
Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El
Salvador. It is therefore seen as
partly in North America, and
encompassing a large part of Central
America.
MESO-AMERICAN
CIVILIZATION

The complex of indigenous cultures that developed in parts of Mexico

and Central America prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the
16th century.

In the organization of its kingdoms and empires, the sophistication of

its monuments and cities, and the extent and refinement of its
intellectual accomplishments, the Mesoamerican civilization, along
with the comparable Andean civilization farther south, constitutes a
New World counterpart to those of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and
China.
1400-500 BC 300-900 AD 13th Century 15th Century

OLMEC Mayan AZTEC INCAN

Empire Empire Empire Empire

MESOAMERICAN EMPIRES
MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS
MATHEMATICS TECHNOLOGY
 Olmec  Mayan
-Invented a calendar and system - Invented rubber
of writing made up of carved - Used jadeite for many sorts of tool
inscriptions  Incas
 Mayan - Farmers used to terraces to
- Used Vigesimal number system maximize crops
- Solar and Religious calendar -Built large stone buildings without
- Accurate calculations about the mortar
Sun and moon using only sticks  Aztecs
 Incas - Invented canoes
- Used quipus to record data - Many medical advances
 Aztecs - Invented the wheel
- Used geometry for taxes
- Also had 2 calendars
CONT OLMEC EMPIRE

RO Mother Culture or Sister Culture (Trade Pottery)?

VERSI
ES AZTEC EMPIRE
Human Sacrifice

MAYAN EMPIRE
Emergence and Origin (When and From Where?)
MEMBERS
GROUP 10

Zairylle Castro Fairyzen Caturla Renallie Dayrit DayritPrana Tanglao

Renallie
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MESOAMERICAN REVOLUTION