Americas (jun 18, 600 BC – jun 18, 600)
Description:
Pre-Mayan in Mexico (capital city of Teotihucan)
-no written language
Mayans in central Mexico
-independent city-states, each with individual kinds
-class system (nobles, peasants, divine kings)
-polytheistic, animistic, sacrificial, written language (hieroglyphic and alphabetic), math, astronomy, recreation
-slash and burn agriculture, traded across Americas
-irrigation
-warfare and religion together
Chavin in Peru
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Date:
jun 18, 600 BC
jun 18, 600
~ 1201 years