Events and culture
The Aztecs building tradition
What are giant stone carved heads
what is slash and burn
A type of agriculture that involved burning crops
when was the Olmec period
What is 1600 BCE to around 350 BCE
How long did the olmec period last
What is approximately 1100 years?
Who created this type of art
What is pottery, textiles, and metalwor
the innovations and reforms of Incan Emperor Pachacuti
what is Pachacuti known for, the vast expansion of the Inca empire
what are chinampas
Aztec agriculture featured intensive cultivation of all available land, as well as elaborate systems of irrigation and reclamation of swampland through the use of raised fields
when was the chavin period
What is 900 BCE, ending around 250 BCE.
How long did the chavin period last
What is approximately 1,000 years?
Who created this type of art
What is jewelry, knives, pottery, statues and mosaics.
Three groups that made the triple alliance
Tenochtitlan texcoco Tlacopan
What is allyu
a sib or clan that constituted the basic socioeconomic unit of Inca society
when was the Aztec period
What is 1325 and 1521
How long did the Aztec period last
What is approximately 190 years?
Who created this type of art
What is carvings, sculptures and potter
how were people treated
what were commoners against nobles were far more severe than for those by nobles against commoners. And yet there were also legal protections for commoner?
what is social stratifaction
Ranks people into tiers based on things ike wealth
when was the Inca period
What is 1438 to 1533
How long did the Inca period last
What is approximately 95 years?
What was the Mochica culture of Classic Peru most known for
what is The Moche are particularly noted for their elaborately painted ceramics, gold work, monumental constructions (huacas), and irrigation systems.
what is quipu
an ancient Inca device for recording information, consisting of variously colored threads knotted in different ways.