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In this lesson you will discover some facts about pre-Columbian civilizations in Spanish and English.
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AZTECA[edit | edit source]
Spanish[edit | edit source]
- VIVIAN EN TIERRAS DE MEXICO
- DESARROLLARON UNA SOCIEDAD URBANA MUY ORGANIZADA Y FUNDARON SU CAPITAL SOBRE UN LAGO
- CONSTRUIAN CHINAMPAS
- ERA UN PUEBLO GUERRERO Y LA GUERRA ESTABA INTIMAMENTE LIGADA A LA RELIGION. REALIZABAN SACRIFICIOS HUMANOS.
- HABLABAN LA LENGUA NAHUATL
- CONOCIAN UN SISTEMA DE ESCRITURA PICTOGRAFICA
- FUERON ASTRONOMOS Y TAMBIEN METEOROLOGOS.
English[edit | edit source]
- THEY LIVED IN LANDS OF MEXICO
- THEY DEVELOPED A VERY ORGANIZED URBAN SOCIETY AND FOUNDED THEIR CAPITAL ON A LAKE
- BUILT CHINAMPAS
- IT WAS A WARRIOR PEOPLE AND THE WAR WAS INTIMELY LINKED TO RELIGION. THEY PERFORM HUMAN SACRIFICES.
- THEY SPOKE THE NAHUATL LANGUAGE
- KNOW A PICTOGRAPHIC WRITING SYSTEM
- THEY WERE ASTRONOMES AND ALSO METEOROLOGISTS.
INCA[edit | edit source]
Spanish[edit | edit source]
- RESIDIAN EN LA ZONA DE PERU, ECUADOR, SUR DE COLOMBIA Y NORTE DE CHILE
- SE TRATABA DE UNA CIVILIZACION TECNOLOGICAMENTE AVANZADA
- SE DIVIDIAN EN 4 DISTRITOS: ANTISUYO CHINCHAYSUYO QOLLASUYO Y CONTISUYO
- SU LENGUA ERA EL QUECHUA
- SU CAPITAL ERA LA CIUDAD DEL CUSCO (OMBLIGO DEL MUNDO)
- TENIAN UNA EXTENSA RED DE CAMINOS LLAMADO QAPAQ NAN
- DIERON UN GRAN IMPULSO A LA AGRICULTURA CON SISTEMAS DE RIEGO, CANALES Y TERRAZAS EN LAS TIERRAS ALTAS Y DIFICILES DE SEMBRAR.
- CRIABAN TAMBIEN ANIMALED DE LOS QUE OBTENIAN LANA Y CARNE
- REVESTIAN Y ADORNABAN SUS CASAS CON ORO FUNDIDO
- DURANTE LOS RITUALES RELIGIOSOS HACIAN OFRENDAS PERO DIFICILMENTE HACIAN SACRIFICIOS HUMANOS.
English[edit | edit source]
- RESIDENTS IN THE AREA OF PERU, ECUADOR, SOUTH OF COLOMBIA AND NORTH OF CHILE
- IT WAS A TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED CIVILIZATION
- THEY ARE DIVIDED INTO 4 DISTRICTS: ANTISUYO CHINCHAYSUYO QOLLASUYO AND CONTISUYO
- HIS LANGUAGE WAS QUECHUA
- ITS CAPITAL WAS THE CITY OF CUSCO (OMBLIGO OF THE WORLD)
- THEY HAD AN EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF ROADS CALLED QAPAQ NAN
- GIVEN A BIG BOOST TO AGRICULTURE WITH IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, CHANNELS AND TERRACES IN THE HIGHLANDS AND DIFFICULT TO SOW.
- BREED ALSO ANIMALED FROM THOSE WHO OBTAINED WOOL AND MEAT
- COATED AND DECORATED THEIR HOUSES WITH CAST GOLD
- DURING RELIGIOUS RITUALS THEY MADE OFFERINGS BUT HARDLY MADE HUMAN SACRIFICES.
MAYA[edit | edit source]
Spanish[edit | edit source]
- OCUPABAN EL SUR DE LA PENINSULA DE YUCATAN, PARTE DE GUATEMALA Y HONDURAS
- EL ESTADO ESTABA DIVIDIDO EN CIUDADES INDEPENDIENTES CON LENGUAS DISTINTAS Y EN LUCHA CONTINUA ENTRE ELLAS.
- UTILIZABAN EL CACAO COME MONEDA
- SU SISTEMA DE ESCRITURA ERA EL MAS COMPLETO DE LOS QUE EXISTIAN ENTONCES EN EL NUEVO MUNDO.
- CONSTRUIAN SUS TEMPLOS EN LA CIMA DE GRANDES PIRAMIDES DE PIEDRA.
- SE DEDICABAN A LA AGRICULTURA, PERO NO CONOCIAN EL ARADO.
- REALIZABAN MARAVILLOSOS TRABAJOS ORNAMENTALES
English[edit | edit source]
- THEY OCCUPIED THE SOUTH OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA, PART OF GUATEMALA AND HONDURAS
- THE STATE WAS DIVIDED INTO INDEPENDENT CITIES WITH DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND IN CONTINUOUS STRUGGLE BETWEEN THEM.
- THEY USED COCOA EAT CURRENCY
- HIS WRITING SYSTEM WAS THE MOST COMPLETE OF THOSE THAT EXISTED THEN IN THE NEW WORLD.
- THEY BUILT THEIR TEMPLES ON THE TOP OF GREAT PYRAMIDS OF STONE.
- THEY WERE DEDICATED TO AGRICULTURE, BUT DON'T KNOW THE PLOW.
- THEY DID WONDERFUL ORNAMENTAL WORKS
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