Agricultural villages from New Guinea
pottery
trade and communication network
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Teotihuacan
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large agricultural village sun and moon temples
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Tikal
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most important Mayan political center
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Olmecs
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The rubber people lived near the Gulf
TRaded in jade and obsidian
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Maya
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highlands of Guatemala
grew maize, cotton, cacao
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Popol VUh
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creation myth, god created humans from maize and water
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Chichen Itza
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other major political city smaller than Tikal
dampen hostile instincts and established a larger political framework society. Integrated captives rather than kill them
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Mochica
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early Andean states
irrigation, trade and military
artistic legacy: painting on pottery
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Chavin Cult
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complexity of Andean society
devised techniques of producing textiles