After all of my research on the Aztecs, Mayas, and the Incas I have found that they were all very similar but also very different. The Aztecs settled down in the Lake of Texcoco. That started the development of Tenochtitlan which we now know as Mexico City. The Aztecs were a warring and nomadic tri...

To the northwest of the river basin of Mexico the valley of Teotihuacán delimited to the north by the Fat Hill is opened before us, to the south by Patlachique, the east by the level ones of Apam and it extends towards the west on the same river basin. The formation of the valley, like the r...

The mesoamerican ballgame, known as ullamaliztli or ollamalizitli in the native language Nahuatl, was played for many different reasons and by many different people. The game was played all over what is now Mexico. It was played by two different groups, the Aztecs and Mayans. There is a very exte...

Mound Builders of North America The mound builders of North America have allured the curiosity of scholars and architects since the days of de Soto. Having such a long history, and being the most advanced civilization in the United States portion of North America, their history, vague and anci...

Until the arrival of the Spaniards conquistadors in 1526, the Maya civilization was a thriving nation. However, Mayan civilization changed forever after the arrival of the Franciscan monks. The religious aspect of the conquest of Mexico is important in the profound impact the Catholic religion had...

The Egyptian civilization that developed along the Nile River was comprised of desperate human communities forced by the growing desert to live there. It grew to be one of the first great urban cultures of human history. The Mayan Civilization was an ancient Native American culture that became of th...

The Mayans were once considered one of the greatest civilizations in North America, and possibly the world. They built many pyramids and temples to honor their gods and to preserve their religion. Their lives revolved around their king and the sacrifice of his blood. The cultural achievements of the...

Bringing Worlds Together Juanita Batzibal and Medarda Castro are Mayan Indigenous women working on Indigenous rights and identity with Community Aid Abroad-Oxfam's Guatemalan program. They visited Australia in July 2000 to make connections with our Indigenous Australia program in south-west Western...

In the Mayan culture, which took place from AD 250-900, many deities were formed. One of these deities was a powerful and feminine symbol of immortality that was recorded in many stories told by the Mayans. Ixchel, also known as the "Lady Rainbow", was the moon goddess of the Mayan cultur...

What were the bases of Civilization in America? (Revised 10/9/01) Migration of the European and Asian Homo sapiens across the tundra land bridge, presently the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia, is said to be due from "increasing population pressures"(p. 198), and the pursuit of m...