B1 - MAI Innovations

We invented/utilized terrace farming on the sides of the Andes Mountains

• Maya
• Aztec
• Inca
• Both Maya and Inca

We invented/utilized terrace farming in the highland mountains of Southern Mexico and Central America

• Maya
• Aztec
• Inca
• Both Maya and Inca

We used beetles to make a red colored dye

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

• Both Maya and Inca

We invented/utilized a writing system involving hieroglyphics

• Maya
• Aztec
• Inca
• Both Maya and Inca

We invented/utilized a vertical economy

• Maya
• Aztec
• Inca
• Both Maya and Inca

We invented/utilized a system of universal education (for all of their children)

• Maya
• Aztec
• Inca
• Both Maya and Inca

We invented/utilized a game called ollama

• Maya
• Aztec
• Inca
• Both Maya and Inca

We invented/utilized a detailed mathematical/counting system

• Maya
• Aztec
• Inca
• Both Maya and Inca

We invented/utilized astronomy to develop a 365 day calendar

• Maya
• Aztec
• Inca
• Both Maya and Inca

We invented/utilized suspension bridges to cross mountain valleys

• Maya
• Aztec
• Inca
• Both Maya and Inca