Inca and Aztecs Two of the most influential and powerful postclassical Mesoamerican empires belonged to the Inca and Aztec people. While both civilizations had different geographic locations and government structures‚ these two civilizations have similar methods of living standards and belief systems. The Incan and Aztec empires existed at approximately the same time period in history. The first emperor of the Incan empire‚ Manco Capac‚ founded the Incan civilization in the early 13th
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runner on a 18‚000 mile road? These both could have happened in the ancient Aztec and Inca civilizations.The Aztecs lived from 1427-1514‚ on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco in present day Mexico. Their capital city‚ Tenochtitlan‚ is present day Mexico City. The Incas lived from 1230-1525‚ in the Andes mountains‚ from present day Ecuador to Chile. Their capital city‚ Cuzco‚ is in present day Peru. The Aztec and Inca civilizations were both similar and different in the fields of agriculture‚ warfare
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The Inca were South American Indian people who ruled one of the largest and richest empires in the America’s. The Inca Empire began to expand about 1438 and occupied a vast region that centered on the capital‚ Cusco‚ in southern Peru. The Empire extended more than 2‚500 miles (4‚020 kilometers) along the western coast of South America. It included parts of Present - Day Colombia‚ Ecuador‚ Peru‚ Bolivia‚ Chile‚ and Argentina. The Inca Empire was conquered by Spanish Forces soon after their arrival
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The Aztec Empire was superior to the Inca and Maya Empires‚ because it had very developed religious beliefs‚ innovative farming method‚ a highly accurate astrological calendar‚ and a put together social structure. The Aztecs had a specific religion‚ Mesoamerican. They had many gods and goddesses and practiced many religious practices. Al their religious ceremonies took place in a temple named Teocalli. It was equipped with a pool for ceremonial cleansing‚ gardens‚ and rooms where the priests lived
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Mesa Verde or Machu Picchu Did the Mesa Verde or Machu Picchu have better civilization? The Mesa Verde had cliff dwellings‚ dams‚ and farming terraces and the Machu Picchu had a best preserved city. The two civilizations‚ Mesa Verde and Machu Picchu had good cliff dwellings‚ transportation‚ food‚ and resources. Mesa Verde has better cliff dwellings‚ an agricultural lifestyle‚ and baskets. The Mesa Verde people used sandals woven from yucca fiber. In the text‚ “ Artifact Gallery” it states
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They Incas vs. the Spanish was a local event between nations from two different hemispheres. The Incas were from the eastern hemisphere and the Spanish were from the western hemisphere. The two hemispheres were very different. The eastern hemisphere has landed gong from north to south unlike the western hemisphere where land goes from west to east. Land going west to east was okay because the day was the same all the way along and the terrain was similar throughout the land‚ but for the eastern hemisphere
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The Incas and Mayans were both civilizations that did not reign for very long‚ but still left their mark in history. They both were different‚ yet remained similar in society‚ trade‚ and religion. First off‚ the two civilizations were different in their societies. The Incan people were separated amongst one another based upon social rank. They held a class system that held rulers and wives as the highest level to farmers‚ herding families and conscripts as the lowest. The Mayans‚ however‚ were
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The Aztec and the Inca Empires were both extremely powerful civilizations. At the height of the Aztec Empire it reached from the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico‚ from Central Mexico all the way to Guatemala‚ El Salvador and Honduras. The Inca Empire spread along South America’s western coast and throughout the Andes Mountains. There were many similarities and some differences in aspects such as government‚ economics‚ society‚ and religion. In the late 1300s‚ the Inca would attack neighboring villages
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The Incas religion the Inca civilisation was a colony of millions and stayed that way because of their religion and the name inca came from a king he was descended from inti the sun god Competing gods + christianinity The most powerful god of the Inca religion was Viracocha he was believed the creator of the universe the Inca are more closely associated with Viracocha’s most god Inti the sun god The Inca leader Pachacuti the patron god of the Incas sacred city Cuzco‚ and erected a magnificent Temple
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Civilizations like Sumerian (4000 BC)‚ Egyptian (3000 BC)‚ Minoan (2000 BC)‚ and Babylonian (1700 BC). Later‚ the Greek civilization‚ throughout the Macedonian empire‚ ranged as far east as northern India and as far south and west as Egypt. Then Romans were the rulers of the whole area from Constantinopole‚ to Palestine and North Africa to Britain. After centuries‚ the Vikings‚ people from what is now Norway‚ Sweden‚ and Denmark‚ established colonies in northern France‚ Sicily‚ England‚ and Ireland
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