Greely Middle School - Nancy Simmons

ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS ALL CIVILIZATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA

LINKS TO PICTURES TO IMPORT FOR YOUR PROJECT

AZTEC PICTURES

scroll down to the small picutes, click on picutes-ALL AZTEC DRAWINGS of the arrival of the Spanish and good map of the route of the Spanish (generally good HISTORY of the downfall of the Aztec)

***Click at the bottom to get to the next page and find pictures of pottery, books,

picture: human sacrifice

black & white drawing of punishment

along the LEFT side of the page are many words-choose one and click on it-you will then see copies of orioginal drawings of the Aztec culture

Aztec god of rain & fertility, sun stone, wooden collar

INCA PICTURES

Picture of ancient terraces built for farming the mountainside at Machu Picchu

ancient Inca Irrigation trenches for moving water to the fields

roads built by the ancient Inca

modern woman hiking the trails/roads built by the Inca

view of Machu Picchu showing mountain, terraces, and huge building stones

view of the mysterious Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu, military complex-INCA

Inca treasures; “whistling” containers or vessels made by the ancient Inca; used in meditation and by shamans

ancient accounting twine knotting strings, called Khipus

a long distance view of the terraces built for growing crops at Machu Picchu

ancient Inca salt flats

[Link]peru-archaeological.blogspot.com/

painting of an ancient Inka

mummified ancient Inca girl

modern Peruvian children, descendants of the ancient Inca

modern Peruvian woman dressed in traditional clothing

picture of a llama with the Andes mountains in the background

copy of trail map of the final Inka

map of ancient Inca trails

take a virtual tour along the Inca trails-full screen video in 360 degrees

MAYA PICTURES

picture/watercolor of Maya city with people

BEST collection of Maya maps of different time periods, trade routes, regions, collapsing Maya culture range (use arrows to move to the next two pages) and many links at the bottom of the first page to pictures of artifacts such as: jewelry, architecture, dishware, jars, figurines.....

Maya temple, stucco carving from a temple, Maya mural/wall painting

[Link]www.religionfacts.com/ mayan_religion/index.htm

MAYA-Pyramid of Kukulkan at Chichén-Itzá

MAYA alphabet glyphs-with phonetics

MAYA glyphs-non calendar

b&w Maya glyphs-no translation

[Link]www.surfing-art.com/ mayan_zodiac.htm

Maya zodiac symbol in color

Maya ruins from above, in Guatemala

Maya warrior-b&w outline/drawing

Maya calendar-in color

MAYA-b&w-Jaguar mask

[Link]http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.destination360.com/central-america/honduras/images/s/mayan-site-of copan.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.destination360.com/central-america/honduras/mayan-site-of-copan.php&h=332&w=415&sz=71&hl=en&start=100&um=1&tbnid=QrZ449PR-lYS0M:&tbnh=100&tbnw=125&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmayan%26start%3D80%26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN

MAYA-COPAN ruins Honduras

[Link]www.ancientresource.com/.../ mayan_artifacts.html

[Link]www.pbase.com/ pinemikey/image/28434660

MAYA architecture-close up

ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS ALL CIVILIZATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA

TIME LINE and HISTORY

the INCA emperors and history on a list = timeline

Inca write up about their history & time period

architecture for all three civilizations-keep scrolling down until you see "your" civilization

CLICK ON THE WORDS ON THE PYRAMID & AT THE TOP TO LEARN ABOUT OTHER PARTS OF THE CULTURE

links on the timeline lead to information on Aztec & Maya (NOT INCA)

interactive timeline-click on timeline and then differnt highlighted wods-it will show you pictures from those sites

short list of civilization dates

FIND THE SECTION JUST FOR YOUR CIVILIZATION

Aztec history-short

many Aztec components and geography

all components of culture for Aztecs

Aztec warfare & warriors-scroll down really far until "Room 5" near the end!

AZTEC TOOLS, TECHNOLOGY & TRANSPORTATION-and links on the left side to other components of culture

Aztec punishment & a picture to go along with it

Aztec tools #1-picture

ancient Aztec architecture

general information with links to civilization, Spanish conquest, leaders, & gods-short but some difficult words

Aztec myths and legends in beginner, intermediate, and advanced degrees of difficulty

daily life, social structure, rules for life

drawings of Aztec Daily life

Aztec laws and punishments

school for Aztec kids

some recreation-sports & games

links to Inca, Maya & Aztec information

pre-Spanish history 900-1521

line drawings/pictures of Aztec

Britannica Online-AZTEC SOCIAL STRUCTURE and more

Components of Aztec culture-Social Structure, Art, Family, Education...

AZTEC-History of the Americas

crop circle of Aztec design

actual pictures of Aztec sites

many types of information about the Aztec

one page of clear information aobut the Aztec people & thier history

Aztec Society and daily life

speeches by Motecuhzoma and Cortés-end of the Aztec Empire

includes Inca warfare

scroll down to C6 warfare

Components of Culture-each section is clear, short, and easy to read

geography, daily life, food, clothing, transportation, architecture, sports, technology, dance, music, entertainment, writing, government, ceremonies & religion, social life, families, clothing-2

FIRST HANDOUT I GAVE YOU

pictures of huge line drawings in the earth-unexplained and very old, text is hard, pictures excellent

Information, map, & pictures of the famous 'Lost City of Machu Picchu'

Inca language & religion

Inca ruins - pages 1 & 2- very good pictures

Lake Titicaca is the world's highest lake navigable to large vessels @ 2+ miles above sea level