Edmentum Art 2B Unit 8

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Aztec civilization

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Civilization that dominated many areas of Central America from the 1300s to the 1500s, when the Spanish arrived.

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Codices

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Books created by the Mayans and Aztecs.

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Effigy mounds

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Man-made mounds of earth often created in the shapes of animals.

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Geoglyphs

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Large designs that are created on the ground with objects like stones, trees, gravel, or other durable landscape elements.

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Glyphs

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Represent words and syllables in the Mayan language.

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Inca empire

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Developed in modern-day Peru in South America in the 13th century and lasted until the Spanish conquests in the 1500s.

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Lintels

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Blocks of stone that go over a space created by two vertical supports, such as the area at the top of a doorway.

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Mayan civilizations

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Civilization in Mesoamerica that began to form around 500 BC, flourished between 200-900 CE, and largely ended around the 9th century AD, and eventually fully ended in the 1690s.

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Mesoamerica

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Home to some of the great civilizations in the Americas, including the Olmec, Mayan, and Aztec cultures.

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Nazca lines

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A series of ancient geoglyphs created in the Nazca Desert of Peru.