ANTH 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Teotihuacan, White God, Inca Empire
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Depending on environments, groups were organized in different ways. Other than those complex societies there were just tribes who moved around. Ma(cid:374)(cid:455) so(cid:272)ieties (cid:271)efore azte(cid:272)s/i(cid:374)(cid:272)as, just did(cid:374)"t (cid:272)ou(cid:374)t as (cid:862)histor(cid:455)(cid:863) to europea(cid:374)s as it (cid:449)as before they discovered it. Thought to have arrived from africa (during pangea) Society flourished but no recollection of what happened to them, just disappeared before aztecs (cid:862)cit(cid:455) of the gods(cid:863) Pyramids are abandoned when found, aztecs think this is where mankind started. Aztecs society was very successful, palaces and lots of material goods. Could not support the growth in the society which is why people disappeared. Ci(cid:448)ilizatio(cid:374) that sudde(cid:374)l(cid:455) disappeared, do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:449)h(cid:455) Types of gods the aztecs would worship, wind, sun etc. First to develop this kind of religion, first to do human sacrifices. Mayans and aztecs were last kinds or organized groups the spanish encountered. Barbarians lived in the north, near the us.