Aztec Accomplishments

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The Mayan, Aztec, Incan civilizations were significantly advanced civilizations. They have developed new systems and created new inventions. The Mayan, Aztec, and Incan civilizations have made many accomplishments. Their major accomplishments included architecture, astronomy, technology, and etc. These civilizations have made many accomplishments that influence our society today. The Mayan civilizations were the longest ongoing civilization in history. The Mayan civilization was highly advanced. They accomplished sciences beyond the western civilizations. They were advanced in math, astronomy, architecture, and writing. Also, the Mayan civilization was politically strong. They had no empire and fifty independent city-states. The city-states …show more content…

The Aztec's major accomplishments were in art, architecture, literature, mathematics, and technology. The Aztecs were accomplished, artists and architects. They made beautiful objects from natural materials. The Aztecs designed and built a great capital city. They built avenues, canals, long causeways, aqueducts, and dikes. They built a central plaza that was surrounded by a large wall. The plaza contained pyramids, temples, markets, and other buildings. The Aztecs created basic craft goods, jewelry, mosaics, feather work, and stone sculptures. Poetry was the most popular form of literature in the Aztec. They were skilled orators. The orators perform public and private services. They told stories about the past legends of gods. Poets focused on the life, death, and beauty in nature. Aztec poets were the important members of society. The Aztec civilization had a good understanding of mathematics. They independently conceived the idea of idea of zero in their number system. They devised an accurate calendar. The dates and measurements are on the dot for the calendar. The most remarkable technological achievements in Aztec civilization were the construction of the island's city, Tenochtitlan. They enlarged the area by creating chinampas, artificial islands. The chinampas connected Tenochtitlan to the mainland. These accomplishments made the Aztec civilization

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