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Major Pre-Columbian Civilizations

Lands of the Mayans The Yucatan Peninsula

Mayan Cultivation of Maize Chac, God of Rain -->

Tikal: Temple of the Masks

Chichen-Itza - Ball Court

Tikal - Main Court

Mayan Glyphs Mayan Mathematics sky king house child city sky king house child city

Mayan Glyphs

Chichen-Itza - Pyramid

Chichen-Itza - Observatory

Lands of the Aztecs

Origins of the Aztecs

Tenochtitlan: The Venice of the Americas

Tenochtitlan – On Lake Texcoco

The Aztecs Were Fierce Warriors

Aztecs Sacrifice Neighboring Tribes to the Sun God

Wall of Skulls, Tenochtitlan

Aztec Gold

Hernan Cortes