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Mesoamerican
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Term | Definition |
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chocolate | the mayan emperor could drink 50 a day! It was also used for selling and buying |
Popol Vuh | like the torah for mayans |
sapa inca | the king of the incas he also chose who you married |
sacred round | it was a calender that kept track of the religious holidays it was 260 days long |
quipo | a quipo is a way to keep track of time. it was various colors |
machu picchu | the city is located 50 miles away from cuzco it was the capital of the incan empire |
chichen itza | a pyramid looks like it has a serpent on it is a location with pyramids and temples |
city states | a city that is independent political state with its own government |
aztec punishment | a mother would put chile peppers on the fire and hold you near it so the smoke would go in you eyes and it would you cry |
spanish | they came to the mesoamericans and they thaought they were sons of the sun gods and gave them money and the spanish trick sapa inca and killed him |