Civilizations in Ancient Americas

• Maya was located at Yucatan Peninsula
• Stela are sculpted stone monuments
• The Mayan calendar is based on the cycles of Venus, which takes about 584 days to orbit around the sun.
• The Mayans were the first to use Zero
• The capitol of the Aztecs were Tenochtitlan, which was located on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco.
• Chinampas were used to grow crops in the lake. (Floating Gardens)
• Aztecs were Polytheistic
• Quetzalcoatl: the plumed serpent god of the Toltec and Aztec civilizations.
• Inca is located in Peru
• The capital of Inca was Cuzco
• Quipo are colored strings knotted to represent various numbers
• Ayllu was called the village leader