Mayan Achievements

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The Maya people were wise and peaceful people with great advances in time. Example of these achievements would be the development of the mathematical system and writing. People developed a method of hieroglyphic notation and recorded their history, rituals, and mythology by painting or carving the words on stellas. The Aztecs built the city of Tenochtitlan and developed orchards called chinampas and knew irrigation techniques such as by dikes and ditches. The Aztecs also had an organization based in a military theocracy. They also exercised a type of government based on their religious and expansionist ideas that brought large amounts of sadness and fighting. The Aztec emperor had bottomless amounts of power, which was very unfair for the