Mayas
Cities: Tikal & Copan/They sometimes fought/Sometimes enjoyed peaceful trade/Huge pyramids & Temples/Linked by roads
Government: Each city had own ruler
Jobs: Farmers/trade//government/builders
Religion: Priests performed ceremonies to please gods
Social Classes: Priests/Nobles/Government officials/warriors/peasant farmers/slaves
Record Keeping: Hieroglyphics/Carved on stone or painted on bark
Aztecs
Cities: Tenochitilan/built on Lake Texcoco/drained Swamp w/canals/roads/drawbridges
Government: Emperor had absolute power/treated like a god/ruled millions of people
Jobs: Farmers/Floating Gardens; Soldiers; merchants
Religion: Men & Women studied to be priests & priestesses/Each month governed by a god/worshipped sun God/ books contained knowledge about god-prayer-hymns /sacrificed prisoners to please gods
Social Classes: Emperor/priests/nobles/warriors/merchants/artisans/farmers/slaves
Record Keeping: books contained knowledge
about god-prayer-hymns/calendars
Cities: Cuzco in the Andes
Government: Emperor (Sapa Inca)
Jobs: builders/engineers/runners/doctors/stonecutters
Religion: worshipped the sun/gold: sweat of gods-lined temple walls
Social Classes: Emperor/Priests/Nobles