Practice question · Sort into groups
Sort each civilization: Mesoamerica or the Andes?
Groups: Mesoamerica · The Andes
- Khipu record-keeping
- Olmec
- Aztec
- Maya
- Inca
- Chavín
Hints
- Two separate cradles, unaware of each other.
- One is defined by maize and the calendar, the other by altitude.
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Mesoamerica: Olmec, Maya, Aztec
The Andes: Chavín, Inca, Khipu record-keeping
Why
Two cradles that never knew of each other, each solving civilization from scratch: maize and the calendar in the north, the vertical world and the khipu in the south.
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