Trajan 30 6A

Aztec, Maya, and Inca

What are the political similarities and differences
between the Maya, Inca, and Aztec civilizations?

Aztec

●The Aztec pieced together empires
based on territories they had
conquered.

○Each territory maintained a
degree of self-government ->
decentralized

●Monarchy

○There was a king that all the
territories had to listen to ->
centralized

●Religion

○The Aztecs were also a theocracy
because religion was a part of
their government

Open Ended

How was the Aztec government centralized? How was it decentralized?

Maya

●In the case of the Mayan, the empire
was a collection of city-states. Each
city-state had a measure of
self-government, though all were
loyal to the empire.

○Each city-state maintained a degree
of self-government -> decentralized

●Monarchy

○There was a king that all the
territories had to listen to ->
centralized

●Religion

○The Maya were also a theocracy
because religion was a part of their
government

Open Ended

How was the Mayan government centralized? How was it decentralized?

Inca

●The Inca pieced together empires
based on territories they had
conquered.

○Each territory maintained a degree
of self-government -> decentralized

●Monarchy

○There was a king that all the
territories had to listen to ->
centralized

●Religion

○The Inca were also a theocracy
because religion was a part of their
government

Open Ended

How was the Inca government centralized? How was it decentralized?