Ancient Civ

A Look at the
Mississippian, Maya,

Aztec and Inca
Civilizations

By:
Sahil



Multiple-tier timelines use two or more rows of events.
While each row represents a different subject, the time
period is the same.

Multiple-tier timelines can be used to help us look at
cause and effect relationships or patterns and themes
among events in a specific period of time.

We will be using a multi-tier timeline to show the rise
and fall of four early civilizations in the Americas: The
Mississippian, Inca, Maya, and Aztec and look for
RELATIONSHIPS between the dates.

You will insert a picture in this space of
you holding your completed timeline at

the end of this project!

The
Mississippians

The three images I chose represent the mississippians.
Though how I got those three images is a long story. So, let’s
begin. I first image I chose was Corn,beans and squash. This
represents the mississippians agriculture because these were
the main crops they grew. Including the stuff they grew they
also used tools to farm such as stone axes, digging sticks and
fire. In their culture they spent most of their day outside and
were only inside when the weather was bad.

Out with the agriculture and in with the second image, a
great serpent mound. This great serpent mound represents the
mississippians religion. As to who the people prayed too it was
usually a mixture of mythical creatures and the sun. One of the
most commonly thought mystical creatures were snakes which
brings us topic of serpent mounds. The mississippian people
made these mounds to put sun temples on and towers

hip their.
The last image is a picture of the mississippians houses.

These represent their Society,

Where in the World…
Were the Mississippian Located?

What is the approximate latitude
and longitude of the location you
colored?
What might the weather be like in
this location based on the latitude
and longitude?

29.9511° N,What is the approximate latitude and longitude of the location you colored?
90.0715° W

Or New Orleans

What might the climate be like in this location based on the latitude and longitude?

Hurricanes in New Orleans but very warm so nice for crops.

How would this affect the way people live in this area?

People would have to have strong homes to overcome hurricanes



What is
this?

The Mound Builders What is the
associated great mystical circle on the
left side of the
value to the serpent.
drawing?
Soil, clay, or stones were carried in
baskets on the backs of laborers to Why do you
the top or flanks of the mound and think it was
made? What was
then dumped on the mound it used for?

Why do you
think they
chose this

shape?

How do you
think they
made this?

Read the Khan Academy article posted in your
Schoology course: Fort Ancient Culture: Great
Serpent Mound. After you read, complete the
page below with your team.

Danielle Knight GO Interactive, 2015

Explore the Mississippian links in the Symbaloo posted in your
Schoology course as well as in the books and other resources available
in class to complete this organizer.

What was the government like? The government in the mississippian period
Did powerful relationships exist was called a chiefdoms. A chiefdom was an

between the people and their organization based on leadership. Their
leaders? leader was a chief and he looked over crops

How was their society set up? and made sure peoples land was
What were the types of jobs maintained. The people often respected
people had? Were the jobs people their leader and prayed to him. Sometimes
did purposeful for the civilization?
described them as a god.

Describe their religion. Did the
relationship the people had with
their gods and religious leaders

follow rules?

did the people invent, create,
or trade that allowed them to
exchange ideas or values with
others they had relationships
with?

What was the agriculture like?
What food did they eat? How

did they grow it? What
relationships did the people
have with their environment?



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The Maya

Where in the World…
Were the Maya Located?

Map from ducksters.com What is the approximate latitude and
longitude of the center of the Maya
Empire? 15.2 North and 86 south
Relative location Gautama
What might the climate be like in this
location based on the latitude and
longitude?
Climate might be hot and humid
because Honduras is located near
the equator. Might live in
rainforest because Honduras has a
lot of them.
How would this affect the way people
live in this area?
The people would wear very light
clothing because it would be too
hot to wear pants and that kind of
stuff.

The Mayan Government/
Social Structure

Kings

These type of people ruled the city
states.

Nobles

This was the next class and these people were
not treated badly but still lives a good live.

Priest

Highly respected by kings and commoners

Craftsman

Commonaners

Just a chip off the old block, regular people not well respected and could be used as slaves.

Overview of Mayan government: The Mays Government was made up of different city
states. The leader of each city states was a king and people viewed as a greater god.

Mayan Religion Mural

Replace this mural picture with your own.

So, for our Mural we chose to to three different sections. One
section was for the Commoners so we drew different
commoners doing different tasks such as pulling a plow and
building mounds. Our second section is for the kings, priests,
and nobles. In this section we drew things such as a kingdom
for the king and a symbol that represents kings. Our final
section was for the gods, in this section we found different
glyphs that represent mayan gods. Our mural, in our
perspective labels the sun god, death god, and feathered
serpent. So, this is the overview of the mural of the Mayan
religion.

Mayan Language and
Number Systems

Insert the picture of your artifact
here. Create a text box below to
explain what your codex or stelae
means.

Explore the Mayan links in the Symbaloo posted in your Schoology
course as well as in the books and other resources available in class to
complete this organizer.

What was the government like?
Did powerful relationships exist

between the people and their
leaders?

How was their society set up?
What were the types of jobs
people had? Were the jobs people
did purposeful for the civilization?

Describe their religion. Did the
relationship the people had with
their gods and religious leaders

follow rules?

did the people invent, create,
or trade that allowed them to
exchange ideas or values with
others they had relationships
with?

What was the agriculture like?
What food did they eat? How

did they grow it? What
relationships did the people
have with their environment?

Ancient Maya
Concept Map

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The Aztec

Where in the World…
Were the Aztec Located?

Map from ducksters.com What is the approximate latitude
and longitude of the center of the
Aztec Empire? 19 North and 99
West, relative Mexico City. North
of Guatemala and east of the
pacific and west of the Atlantic
What might the climate be like in
this location based on the latitude
and longitude? Rain is very
common so they would have to
have a roof over their homes.
Climate stays above 50 most of
the times. Lots of Humidity in
this area. Also, since the high
elevation the temperature could
acacilly dip.
How would this affect the way
people live in this area? They
would have to have roofs over
their heads and will probably
wear light clothing most of the
time.

The Aztec Government/
Social Structure

At the
very top of society was
the king along with his
family. The king was
called the Huey
Tlatoani and he was
very powerful.

Tecuhtli Just below the emperor,

who ruled the capital Tenochtitlan,
were the rulers of the other

city-states. They were very wealthy
and lived in large palaces within
their cities. They had complete
power over their cities as long as
they paid tribute to the emperor.

- Below the Tecuhtli were the pipiltin or
the noble class. Only the noble class could
wear certain types of clothes and jewelry such
as feathers and gold. The pipiltin held the high
ranking positions in the priesthood, the army,
and the government. They helped rule the city
states. They also pick the king.

There was a special class of Aztec merchants
called pochteca. They were treated like the nobility in
society because their jobs were considered very important
to the Aztec Empire. The pochteca traveled long distances
in order to bring back luxury goods that were treasured by
the nobility.

The common people in Aztec society were called the
macehualtin. This included the farmers, warriors, and craftsmen. Later on in
the history of the Aztecs, craftsmen and warriors began to have a higher
position in society than the farmers.

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Aztec Sun Stone
Calendar

This is my Aztec Sun Stone Calendar. I think
this is a good picture because like most Sun
Stone Calendars it has one main god( Sun
God) Surrounded by different decorations

Explore the Aztec links in the Symbaloo posted in your Schoology
course as well as in the books and other resources available in class to
complete this organizer.

What was the government like? Tenochtitlan.
Did powerful relationships exist

between the people and their
leaders?

How was their society set up?
What were the types of jobs
people had? Were the jobs people
did purposeful for the civilization?

Describe their religion. Did the
relationship the people had with
their gods and religious leaders

follow rules?

did the people invent, create,
or trade that allowed them to
exchange ideas or values with
others they had relationships
with?

What was the agriculture like?
What food did they eat? How

did they grow it? What
relationships did the people
have with their environment?

Ancient Aztec
Concept Map



The Inca

Where in the World…
Were the Inca Located?

What is the approximate latitude and
longitude of the center of the Inca
Empire? Andes Mountains
32 degrees South, 70 degrees
West
What might the climate be like in this
location based on the latitude and
longitude? The Climate might be
really hot because the area is
prone to Volcano eruptions. The
average weather is 64 degrees
Fahrenheit.
How would this affect the way people
live in this area? People would have
to have shelters in case of
Volcanic Eruptions and they would
have a mix of Clothes because of
the mild weather.

Map from ducksters.com

The Inca Government/
Social Structure

Noble Classes:

The noble class includes the Sapa Inca (which was literally a god on earth
and was sacred), the Villac Umu, the royal family, the inca class (the noble
class), and the Inca-by-privilege. These people established the city of Cuzco
and were respected. The inca-by-privilege were almost as high in class as
the nobles, but were not considered real inca.

Public Administrators

Curacas- They were the leaders of Inca tribes that they
conquered. If they reported to the Inca they could keep their
position
Tax Collectors- They kept watch over a family to make sure that
they paid their taxes.
Record Keepers- They kept track of who paid their taxes and
they worked in the government.

Commoners:

This class was the lowest rung of the Inca SOcial Structure. They were
usually Farmers or Craftsman. They had to pay the Taxes the
government put out and had to work on projects such as build temples
and bridges. Even though they were so low in the Social Class the
Craftsmen were very skilled and no Mortar was required to keep objects
together.

The Aluyts
The ayllu was made up of a number of families that worked together
almost like one large family. Everyone in the empire was part of an
ayllu. The ayllu also had to pay tax. Women married as young as twelve
and were generally married by the age of 16. Men were married by the
age of 20.

Explore the Incan links in the Symbaloo posted in your Schoology
course as well as in the books and other resources available in class to
complete this organizer.

What was the government like? The inca’’s leader was the Inca in the family
Did powerful relationships exist meaning they had Inca as there middle name. They

between the people and their Inca government was a functioning Theocracy.
leaders? This meant that they thought the Sapa inca or the

How was their society set up? leader was both god and man. The Inca
What were the types of jobs government was in Charge of taking care of
people had? Were the jobs people people This meant for example if there was a
did purposeful for the civilization? drought the government would distribute food. The
government also had am imperial system which
Describe their religion. Did the meant every place they conquered had to pay
relationship the people had with public tax which meant they had to work on
their gods and religious leaders bridges and building temples. This is how the Inca

follow rules? government worked.

did the people invent, create, The Inca had a very interesting Society. To start
or trade that allowed them to they had four base positions, The Noble Class,
exchange ideas or values with
others they had relationships Public administrators, Commoners and the Alyts..
with? The Noble Class included all the high end afficals

What was the agriculture like? and of course the leader of the Inca the Sapa
What food did they eat? How inca. In the Public Administrators you had the
Curacas, who were the leaders of the different
did they grow it? What tribes. You also had the Collectors who watched
relationships did the people and collected Taxes from the families, there were
have with their environment? also the Record Keepers who kept public records
of everything that happens in the society. Next,
were the commoners who were either Craftsmen
or Farmers. Another part of Society was the
Alluys who were a bunch of families who worked
together as one large family. Well, that’s it for

Society today, See ya!

The Inca religion consisted of gods and goddesses and
they worshipped them so much that they would
sacrifice themselves for the gods. They most important
deities would include Hanan Pacha were Inti which
was the sun god and Mama Quilla which was the
moon god. In some Inca religions gods and goddesses
showed overlapping divine powers. The upper
pantheon consisted of creater sky weather complex
with three main points. This includes Viracocha, the
creator;Inti, the sun god and ancestor of ruling destiny
and finally Illipa, the thunder of weather god.

Ancient Inca
Concept Map

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