The cenotes facilitated tapping the underground waters of the area. The dates for this settlement vary according to subsequent local accounts: one manuscript gives 415-35 A.D., while others mention 455 A.D. The town that grew up around the sector known as Chichen Viejo already boasted important monuments of great interest: the Nunnery, the Church, Akab Dzib, Chichan Chob, the Temple of the Panels and the Temple of the Deer. They were constructed between the 6th and the 10th centuries in the characteristic Maya style then popular both in the northern and southern areas of the Puuc hills.The second settlement of Chichen-Itza, and the most important for historians, corresponded to the migration of Toltec warriors from the Mexican plateau towards the south during the 10th century. According to the most common version, the King of Tula, Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl, or Kukulkan as the Maya translated the name, reportedly took the city between 967 A.D. and 987 A.D.Following the conquest of Yucatán a new style blending the Maya and Toltec traditions developed, symbolizing the phenomenon of acculturation.
The Gods fought the sea monster and soon it had died. Then the Four World Ages, starting with the Jaguar Sun. The great source of the energy so that the world would be complete. This is the key to the cycles of the Aztec creation story. Since the sun is so powerful, they had to do a sacrifice of a God, Tezcatlipoca.
Whereas both are evidence of wealth, power, kings and gods, each has distinctive features to represent their individual purpose. Ziggurats where usually huge stepped structures with a temple at the top. The Nanna Ziggurat was probably used for and symbolized a place for humans to encounter with their gods. Unlike Nanna Ziggurat, Khafre’s Pyramid was used as a tomb for a royal king. The body of the King was taken from his royal palace then into the funerary temple where it received elaborate ceremonies.
Fash was a very interesting book that catalogued the history of the Maya from the Preclassic Period (2000 B.C.E to 250 AD) to the Postclassic Period (900 AD- 1200 AD) including the collapse of the Classic Period centers in the southern lowlands, to the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores in 1519 AD. The first section of the book talks about Copan as being the classic Maya center describing Copan as “the Athens of the New World” and also explains the importance of archeological studies at the site. Copan has more hieroglyphic inscriptions and other sculpted monuments than any other Maya ruin, or any other site in the New World. The principal group of ruins, or site core, consists of a series of large buildings constructed around open courtyards which frequently contained stelae and alters. The principal groups contained two basic parts; the north included many low-lying plazas and to the south, the upraised courtyards and constituent structures were built upon the Acropolis .
As a result, a special god was included in the Aztec religion to honor the warriors. This god,Camaxtli, was the god of war, hunting, fire, and fate. He was thought to have invented fire and to have made the Earth. The Aztecs believed that Camaxtli lead both warriors slain in battle and human sacrifices to the eastern sky. According to the Aztec religion, they then became stars in the sky.
The Amazing Aztecs The Aztecs were very intelligent people. They built monstrous pyramids and temples, that are still standing strong, and they did not have the technology like there is today. People believe the Aztecs were destroyed four different times by different elements that represented their gods. The Mexican people believe that the world is on the fifth sun god today, as the Aztecs predicted. This belief in four major gods supported the Aztec mythology.
Some of their best creations include: the Caracol, an astronomical observatory in Chichen-Itza, the tomb of Lord Pacal (inside the Temple of the Inscriptions), the royal palace, which was used to look out for invaders over the Usumacinta River, El Castillo, or the Pyramid of Quetzalcoatl, and finally the Temple of the Magician, which was rebuilt five times to follow the rounds of the Mayan calendar every fifty two years. In early Mayan history, homes were built with wattle-and-daub walls in an oval shape with a thatched roof of palmetto fronds. These homes stayed dry when it was raining, and cool when it was hot. They contained very little furniture, and were used only for eating and sleeping (Evanston). Decedents of the Maya still continue to build and live in these huts today.
The great pyramid of Khufu is by far the most famous pyramid in egypt, the biggest, tallest, and most intact. It is one of the "Seven wonders of the world." It is the last one standing. It is built of entirely limestone and consinlered an architectural masterpiece. It contains around 1,300,000 blocks ranging in weight from 2.5 tons to 15 tons and is built on a square base with sides measuring about 230m (775 ft.) covering 13 acreas!
When the couple moved in together, the surrounding people helped the couple to build a house and till their land until they could support themselves. One of the similarities between the Aztecs, Mayas, and Incas is that they all worshipped many gods. For example they all worship the sun and nature. On the other hand, there were differences and their religious structure. The Aztecs fed their gods with human blood, the Mayas believed in the after life, and the Incas believed that their ruler was a direct descendant of
They felt that human blood gave the gods strength. They believed that the Gods needed constant supplies of fresh blood otherwise they’d wither and die. The Aztec culture originated in the four-corner area of present day Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Colorado. The Aztecs built cities such as Tenochtitlan, which was their island capital. The Aztecs expressed themselves through music, arts, crafts, and sciences.