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I wanted to find more about the Inca Empire. I found this picture of the Inca Empire and I also found this map of the Inca Empire.
I also wanted to find out about Chavin de Huhntar. Chavin was an early civilization that existed in present-day Peru. I found also this wikipedia article that talks about Chavin culture.
At the beginning of the reading for the Aztecs it mentioned that they lived in a swampy area without much fertile soil. So as I've mentioned before, they used chinampas or floating gardens. These gardens a use fertile(from the decaying vegetation)soil dredged from the lake. The gardens always had a steady supply of water unlike the irrigated terraces of the Andes mountains. The Aztecs used these gardens to grow maize, beans, squash, amaranth(a leaf vegetable or a grain), tomatoes and chilies. They also grew flowers. Chinampas made up 1/2 to 2/3 of the food for Tenochtitlán.Here is a pictureof a modern chinampa.
I was interested in the writing of Incas since we know so little about it. This is a link goes to a NY Times article about Inca writing. Some other questions I had about the Inca people were: what did the reading mean by "gathering environments"? How do we know what we know about Incas if we can't read their writing? How far did the Incas expand? At what point did they stop their expansion?
This is a site that gives information about the food eaten by Aztecs. The reading mentioned several crops that they could not grow, so I wanted to know what they did eat. The bottom of the site also has links to information about other aspects of Aztec life. The other question I had about Aztecs was: what did the Aztecs know about the people that came before them?
The Inca were very successful in battle; they were the most powerful empire in the area. They were very organized. They would gather people from each province to form their army. They had slingers and archers who would attack the enemy ranks from a distance. All of the male Incan citizens had to be able to fight. The Incans wore light armor, and had they used spears, wooden swords, clubs, slings, axes, and bolas. Another secret to their victories was their roads and store houses that allowed them to keep their armies well supplied.
At the beginning of the reading it mentions Alfred Crosby as using the term "ecological imperialism". I wanted to know more about Alfred Crosby; I found out on this site that Alfred Crosby was an author. He wrote a book called Ecological Imperialism. The book is about his theory that the reason why native peoples of the Americas and Australia are displaced is because Europeans came in with new plants and animals. I read the wikipedia article about him and the most interesting part was in the introduction that said that the books that Crosby wrote added biology as an element of exploration of the Americas.
I found a really cool graphic organizer of the Inca Empire. It has a lot of categories like government, architecture, math and architecture and you hover over the note icon to get information. The palace Hatunrumiyoc was destroyed in Cuzco and the only part that was left was this wall in perfect geometric formation. It is known world wide as The Stone of Twelve Angles. Here is a numbered picture of the Stone Wall.
I found a picture of an Aztec Calendar. One type of Aztec calendar consists of 365 days like the US calendar!
I was interested in the Codex Mendoza. It contains 71 pages divided into three sections. These include: 16 pages on history of the Aztec people from 1325-1521, 39 pages about the conquering of towns by the Triple alliance and the tributes paid by each, and the last 16 pages are a pictorial description of daily life in the Aztec culture. The Triple Alliance was an alliance between the cities of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan. Wikipedia has some good pictures from all three sections of the Codex. If you scroll down towards the bottom.
I was interested in Tenochtitlan, the Aztec's capital. I found this picture (http://www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us/History/Americas/04/blue/Tenochtitlan.gif) shows the Aztec Empire with Tenochtitlan pointed out in the center of the empire. I think the position of the city (in the middle of the empire) had a great affect on its importance.
This site (http://www.delange.org/TemMayor2/TemMayor2.htm), about the city, had maps, 3-D models, paintings, and drawings of Tenochtitlan. The site also mentions how technologically advanced people in the city were, such as having bridges and drainage systems. They were cleaner than other European cities of the time. There are other facts, as well as quotations form Cortez's journals, on this site. I thought it was very useful about Tenochtitlan.
I was really interested in Chavin de Huhntar. Just some basic information includes that it was a civilization that was located in what is today 250km north of Lima, Peru. The civilization is said to have begun in 1000 BC or earlier and to have ended in around 200. Some artifacts from the civilization include, textiles, pottery and various ceramics and sculpted stones.
Although evidence is scarce, some believe that the civilization created a government that was different from those of more evolved states. Permenant leadership was rare and the positions of power and status were more equal. This seems like it could have been a very successful government. That makes me wonder why it did not last longer.
I thought that in the reading, it was interesting about how it was mentioned that the Aztec Empire stretched all the way to 100,000 square miles. For a single empire this sounded really large to me, so I researched and found This Map and also researched and found out that it is almost equal to the size of Oregon, Wyoming, or two North Carolina's by looking on this site State size sites.
There were a couple of things that interested me in this reading. First, I wanted to know more about the Chimu civilization and why the Inca destroyed the civilization. I found one site that had a short description of why the Inca attacked. It said that the Chimu leader, Minchancamon, was trying to expand as much as possible. (He was said to be a very greedy ruler) And then they encountered the Inca, who put an end to their little conquest. I found another site that had more information about Chan Chan, the capital. It also says that archaeologists think that they might have "grown out of the remanents of the Moche culture." The reason they think this is because their pottery has some similar features to that of the Moche pottery.
I was also wondering what the difference was between the different Mesoamerican ball games. Here is a site that explains the Aztec ball game, called ullamaliztli. And this site explains the Mayan ball game, called Pitz.
I want to know more about the Inca king who drowned 20,000 enemy warriors. Mainly because I don't understand why he did this. Why didn't he take them back to his kingdom and put them to work? His civilization was growing a lot and extra hands probably would have been welcome. I would also like to know what happened to the people of Chimu, because the reading just says that they were "deported". Also, were there any connections between the Aztec and the Inca?
I wanted to learn more about the city of Chan Chan. Here is a map of where Chan Chan is located. I also found a picture os some ruins. The city of Chan Chan housed about 30,000 people and has ten walled citadels which housed ceremonial rooms, burial chambers, temples, reservoirs and some residences. Also the ruins of the city are being threatened by El Nino.
Sorry this is late- I had to wait for the Benadryl to wear off before it would sound coherent.
Cuzco was only mentioned briefly in the reading, and I wanted to find out more about it. Wikipedia stated that Cuzco served as the Inca capital, and the name was the Spanish translation of the Quechua word "Qosqo". It is believed that the city was planned to be built in the shape of a puma. Francisco Pizarro 'discovered' the city in 1534, and sacked it in 1535. However, there are still remains of the palace of the Incas, the Temple of the Sun and the Temple of the Virgins of the Sun.
I saw a big picture of Machu Picchu to the side, and it looked very magnificent to me, so I decided to explore it further.
For one, here is an aerial view of the city, rather than the normal picture that most people see.
It was built around 1450; however, less than 100 years later, it was empty. The cause of this abandonment is thought to be smallpox brought over by the Spanish conquests. It's purpose was thought to be a hidden religious site. It can't be seen from any point below the city, and there are enough agricultural teraces to sustain a population. Because of how well hidden it is, it wasn't rediscovered until 1911.
I wanted to find out about Inca art. I found here that they had different types of art. An uncu was a rug or blanket that was made from fur and feathers. It was died with berries and insects with lots of cool patterns. The Inca also made ceramics out of clay. They would make things such as pots. Lastly, the Inca made things out of gold and silver. They could make things such as sculptures and needles. They got their gold from rivers running down the Andes.
I was wondering why Cuzco no longer exists? It is modern day Peru, but I was just wondering why that city died out.
The reading mentioned that the Aztec civilization consisted of environmental diversity. How so? How can the environment of the Aztecs be any different than that of the Inca's or other civilizations at the time.
Also the reading mentions how, because Tenochtitlan had a severe climate, the Aztecs had to chose between poverty and warfare, and they chose warfare. However, I was wondering why those were there only two choices, what would the climate have to do with warfare? I understand that keeping the crops and environment in good condition is important and the climate would effect that, but how would the climate effect the civilizations warfare?
The reading also says that the Andean and Mesoamerican Civilizations did not benefit from new technology, is this because they were isolated, from both each other and other civilizations as well?
Finally, the reading also mentions that Tenochtitlan "only" ruled 22 communities. Is that not a lot for that period, because that seems like a great deal for one civilization to control.
I found it very interesting how it seemed as the Inca were very brutal in they way to took over territories. What I am wondering is what lead to the down fall of these great civilizations? If they were so strong what caused them to fall? It looks like it was the Spanish that caused them to fail.
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I wanted to find more about the Inca Empire. I found this picture of the Inca Empire and I also found this map of the Inca Empire.
I also wanted to find out about Chavin de Huhntar. Chavin was an early civilization that existed in present-day Peru. I found also this wikipedia article that talks about Chavin culture.
At the beginning of the reading for the Aztecs it mentioned that they lived in a swampy area without much fertile soil. So as I've mentioned before, they used chinampas or floating gardens. These gardens a use fertile(from the decaying vegetation)soil dredged from the lake. The gardens always had a steady supply of water unlike the irrigated terraces of the Andes mountains. The Aztecs used these gardens to grow maize, beans, squash, amaranth(a leaf vegetable or a grain), tomatoes and chilies. They also grew flowers. Chinampas made up 1/2 to 2/3 of the food for Tenochtitlán.Here is a pictureof a modern chinampa.
I was interested in the writing of Incas since we know so little about it. This is a link goes to a NY Times article about Inca writing. Some other questions I had about the Inca people were: what did the reading mean by "gathering environments"? How do we know what we know about Incas if we can't read their writing? How far did the Incas expand? At what point did they stop their expansion?
This is a site that gives information about the food eaten by Aztecs. The reading mentioned several crops that they could not grow, so I wanted to know what they did eat. The bottom of the site also has links to information about other aspects of Aztec life. The other question I had about Aztecs was: what did the Aztecs know about the people that came before them?
Notice that the article Laura found was written by John Noble Wilford, the same author of the Maya Blue article you read in class.
The Inca were very successful in battle; they were the most powerful empire in the area. They were very organized. They would gather people from each province to form their army. They had slingers and archers who would attack the enemy ranks from a distance. All of the male Incan citizens had to be able to fight. The Incans wore light armor, and had they used spears, wooden swords, clubs, slings, axes, and bolas. Another secret to their victories was their roads and store houses that allowed them to keep their armies well supplied.
At the beginning of the reading it mentions Alfred Crosby as using the term "ecological imperialism". I wanted to know more about Alfred Crosby; I found out on
this site that Alfred Crosby was an author. He wrote a book called Ecological Imperialism. The book is about his theory that the reason why native peoples of the Americas and Australia are displaced is because Europeans came in with new plants and animals. I read the wikipedia article about him and the most interesting part was in the introduction that said that the books that Crosby wrote added biology as an element of exploration of the Americas.
I found a really cool graphic organizer of the Inca Empire. It has a lot of categories like government, architecture, math and architecture and you hover over the note icon to get information. The palace
Hatunrumiyoc was destroyed in Cuzco and the only part that was left was this wall in perfect geometric formation. It is known world wide as The Stone of Twelve Angles. Here is a numbered picture of the Stone Wall.
I found a picture of an Aztec Calendar. One type of Aztec calendar consists of 365 days like the US calendar!
I was interested in the Codex Mendoza. It contains 71 pages divided into three sections. These include: 16 pages on history of the Aztec people from 1325-1521, 39 pages about the conquering of towns by the Triple alliance and the tributes paid by each, and the last 16 pages are a pictorial description of daily life in the Aztec culture. The Triple Alliance was an alliance between the cities of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan. Wikipedia has some good pictures from all three sections of the Codex. If you scroll down towards the bottom.
I was interested in Tenochtitlan, the Aztec's capital. I found this picture (http://www.ccds.charlotte.nc.us/History/Americas/04/blue/Tenochtitlan.gif) shows the Aztec Empire with Tenochtitlan pointed out in the center of the empire. I think the position of the city (in the middle of the empire) had a great affect on its importance.
This site (http://www.delange.org/TemMayor2/TemMayor2.htm), about the city, had maps, 3-D models, paintings, and drawings of Tenochtitlan. The site also mentions how technologically advanced people in the city were, such as having bridges and drainage systems. They were cleaner than other European cities of the time. There are other facts, as well as quotations form Cortez's journals, on this site. I thought it was very useful about Tenochtitlan.
I was really interested in Chavin de Huhntar. Just some basic information includes that it was a civilization that was located in what is today 250km north of Lima, Peru. The civilization is said to have begun in 1000 BC or earlier and to have ended in around 200. Some artifacts from the civilization include, textiles, pottery and various ceramics and sculpted stones.
Although evidence is scarce, some believe that the civilization created a government that was different from those of more evolved states. Permenant leadership was rare and the positions of power and status were more equal. This seems like it could have been a very successful government. That makes me wonder why it did not last longer.
These are some great sites on Chavin de Huhntar.
http://www.stanford.edu/~johnrick/chavin_wrap/chavin/
http://www.stanford.edu/~johnrick/chavin_wrap/chavin/opening2.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav%C3%ADn_culture
http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~frogel/Peru98/Peru98_Chavin/0Peru98_Chavin_home.html
I thought that in the reading, it was interesting about how it was mentioned that the Aztec Empire stretched all the way to 100,000 square miles. For a single empire this sounded really large to me, so I researched and found This Map and also researched and found out that it is almost equal to the size of Oregon, Wyoming, or two North Carolina's by looking on this site State size sites.
There were a couple of things that interested me in this reading. First, I wanted to know more about the Chimu civilization and why the Inca destroyed the civilization. I found one site that had a short description of why the Inca attacked. It said that the Chimu leader, Minchancamon, was trying to expand as much as possible. (He was said to be a very greedy ruler) And then they encountered the Inca, who put an end to their little conquest. I found another site that had more information about Chan Chan, the capital. It also says that archaeologists think that they might have "grown out of the remanents of the Moche culture." The reason they think this is because their pottery has some similar features to that of the Moche pottery.
I was also wondering what the difference was between the different Mesoamerican ball games. Here is a site that explains the Aztec ball game, called ullamaliztli. And this site explains the Mayan ball game, called Pitz.
I want to know more about the Inca king who drowned 20,000 enemy warriors. Mainly because I don't understand why he did this. Why didn't he take them back to his kingdom and put them to work? His civilization was growing a lot and extra hands probably would have been welcome. I would also like to know what happened to the people of Chimu, because the reading just says that they were "deported". Also, were there any connections between the Aztec and the Inca?
I wanted to learn more about the city of Chan Chan. Here is a map of where Chan Chan is located. I also found a picture os some ruins. The city of Chan Chan housed about 30,000 people and has ten walled citadels which housed ceremonial rooms, burial chambers, temples, reservoirs and some residences. Also the ruins of the city are being threatened by El Nino.
Sorry this is late- I had to wait for the Benadryl to wear off before it would sound coherent.
Cuzco was only mentioned briefly in the reading, and I wanted to find out more about it. Wikipedia stated that Cuzco served as the Inca capital, and the name was the Spanish translation of the Quechua word "Qosqo". It is believed that the city was planned to be built in the shape of a puma. Francisco Pizarro 'discovered' the city in 1534, and sacked it in 1535. However, there are still remains of the palace of the Incas, the Temple of the Sun and the Temple of the Virgins of the Sun.
Here is an image of the Temple of the Sun from Flickr.
I saw a big picture of Machu Picchu to the side, and it looked very magnificent to me, so I decided to explore it further.
For one, here is an aerial view of the city, rather than the normal picture that most people see.
It was built around 1450; however, less than 100 years later, it was empty. The cause of this abandonment is thought to be smallpox brought over by the Spanish conquests. It's purpose was thought to be a hidden religious site. It can't be seen from any point below the city, and there are enough agricultural teraces to sustain a population. Because of how well hidden it is, it wasn't rediscovered until 1911.
Sacred sites gave me this information.
I wanted to find out about Inca art. I found here that they had different types of art. An uncu was a rug or blanket that was made from fur and feathers. It was died with berries and insects with lots of cool patterns. The Inca also made ceramics out of clay. They would make things such as pots. Lastly, the Inca made things out of gold and silver. They could make things such as sculptures and needles. They got their gold from rivers running down the Andes.
I was wondering why Cuzco no longer exists? It is modern day Peru, but I was just wondering why that city died out.
The reading mentioned that the Aztec civilization consisted of environmental diversity. How so? How can the environment of the Aztecs be any different than that of the Inca's or other civilizations at the time.
Also the reading mentions how, because Tenochtitlan had a severe climate, the Aztecs had to chose between poverty and warfare, and they chose warfare. However, I was wondering why those were there only two choices, what would the climate have to do with warfare? I understand that keeping the crops and environment in good condition is important and the climate would effect that, but how would the climate effect the civilizations warfare?
The reading also says that the Andean and Mesoamerican Civilizations did not benefit from new technology, is this because they were isolated, from both each other and other civilizations as well?
Finally, the reading also mentions that Tenochtitlan "only" ruled 22 communities. Is that not a lot for that period, because that seems like a great deal for one civilization to control.
I found it very interesting how it seemed as the Inca were very brutal in they way to took over territories. What I am wondering is what lead to the down fall of these great civilizations? If they were so strong what caused them to fall? It looks like it was the Spanish that caused them to fail.
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