HIST 1707 Lecture Notes - Andes, Iroquois, Gender Symbol
7 Jul 2014
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Very similar social classes compared to the rest of the world (nobility, peasants, farmers, artisans, etc) City-states, theocracies (gov"t with very strong religious foundation, religion infused in life of people), empires. These empires were a product of a long series of culture. Both aztecs and incas lived at high altitudes, reason for their success was most likely a better rowing environment; allowed them to feed a lot of people and transfer goods. Mainly ate corn (aztecs) and potatoes (incas) Conquered large areas, gathered tribute from subjects. Both had lingua franca ( a common language, could create empires easily ) Aztecs believed world was a fragile place, already in 5th world (the last one) Sacrifices to please gods, and day of birth determined your fate (religious pressure to conform to your fate); without doing these things, universe may be thrown off-balance b/c of fragile state.
