Maya
Mesoamerican and Andean Civilizations

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Mark Fish
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Mesoamerican civilization concentrated in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula but never unified into a single empire. Major contributions were in mathematics, astronomy, and development of the calendar.
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Aztecs
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Also known as Mexica, they created a powerful centralized empire in central Mexico (1325-1521 C.E.). They forced defeated peoples to provide goods and labor as a tax.
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Tenochtitlan
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Capital of the Aztec Empire, located on an island in Lake Texcoco. Its population was about 150,000 on the eve of Spanish conquest. Mexico City was constructed on its ruins.
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Chinampas
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Floating farming islands made by the Aztec.
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Tributary State
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Independent state that has to acknowledge the supremacy of another state and pay tribute to its ruler.
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Incan Empire
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Largest and most powerful Andean empire. Controlled the Pacific coast of South America from Ecuador to Chile from its capital of Cuzco.
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Quipu
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An arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information.
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