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Civilizations
An advanced state of human society in which a high level off government social structure religion technology and agricultural practices have been reached
Mesoamerica
a cultural region centered around Southern Mexico in which a number of early American civilizations developed
Polytheistic
the belief in or worship of more than one God
City-state
a self governing region consisting of a city and its surrounding terrority
Astronomy
They closely watched the stars to keep track of yearly patterns such as seasons
Calendars
a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year
Hieroglyphics
The Maya system of hieroglyphs includes circa 800 different symbols or pictographs
Empire
a group of countries or region controlled by a ruler.
Plateaus
a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
Mummified
to preserve a body by embalming it and wrapping it In cloth
Emperor
the male sovereign or supreme ruler of an empire
Sapa Inca
The only inca
Allyus
usually had more than one family in it but they lived and worked together
Terraces
A flat level area carved into a slope
Terrace Farming
was used by people who lived in the Andes before the Inca empire
Irrigation canals
a human made channel across land that moves water from its source to where it is needed for growing crops
Litters
a vehicle consisting of a chair or a bed carried on two poles by people or animals
Aqueducts
a channel or canal made for moving water across land
Tenochtitlan
the capital of the Aztec empire: founded in 1325; destroyed by the Spaniards in 1521; now the site of Mexico City.
Montezuma II
was the 9th and last true emperor on the ancient Aztec civilization
Chinampas
a long and narrow floating field on a shallow lake bed, artificially built up by layering soil, sediment, and decaying vegetation and used, especially by the Aztecs, to grow crops.
Adobe
sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
Causeways
a raised roadway across a swamp or body of water
Epidemic
a widespread outlook of a contagious disease
