HIST 11051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Echinopsis Pachanoi, Andean Civilizations, Mesoamerica
28 Apr 2019
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The americas had little to no interaction with the outside world or each other. Civilizations occurred without extensive domestication of animals or iron working technologies. (aztec and incan civilizations will be addressed later in our studies. ) Traced civilization to 2000 bce in present day guatemala and the yucatan region of mexico. Creation of writing system pictographs and phonetic. Constructed elaborate calendars to accurately calculate the length of a solar year. City was centrally planned on a gridlike pattern. Central peruvian coast was home to one of the first civilizations: norte chico 3000 bce (long before the incas) 900 b. c. e. , chav n de hu ntar became focus of a religious movement-deities: jaguars, crocodiles, and snakes. Chav n de hu ntar was well located along trade routes. Semi-sedentary peoples were established in the eastern woodlands of north america, central. America, the caribbean islands, and the amazon basin.
