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This is a 5 page paper about the Maya and Inca civilizations and some of their similarities and differences. The Maya and Inca were both prominent civilizations which existed in the pre-Columbian period in Meso and South America. Both civilizations had elaborately designed cities and agricultural systems. The Inca in addition had also built a large road system and terracing system to maintain their population while the Maya are also known for their well developed writing system. Both civilizations also developed highly accurate calendars to aid in their yearly rituals and lives. The Inca worshiped the Sun god over all and their kings were said to be descended from this god while the Maya religion was based more on universal acceptances and had many gods. Politically, the Inca had a much more diverse political system which was dependent upon trade and the acceptance of many independently run cities which all served under the “Inca”. The Maya although based over a large area were a much more synchronized group and trade was based on agriculture and operated largely within the large urban centers.
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Inca empire grew to include most of Peru in addition to some parts of Chile, north west Argentina and the Bolivian plateau. The Maya were an agriculturally based civilization which
evolved through several periods from 2000 BC to 1500 AD until the Spanish invasion scattered the Maya although many still survive today. The Inca were said to have begun to
form productively as a group around the 12th century until the Spanish invasion in the mid 1500s. During their reign, the Mayans developed sophisticated agricultural methods, a writing system and
calendars which were also the basis for their religion which held a universal understanding and the existence of many gods. Their centralized cities were large and well structure and their
ceremonial rituals involved blood letting and human sacrifice. The Incas, also technologically advanced, did not develop a writing system but did develop a large network of roads, highly engineered architectural
cities and structures, terraces and irrigation throughout the mountains which provided for their expanding empire. The Inca worshipped the Sun god and believed their kings were descended from this god.
The Maya were a group of native Indian people who lived in regions of Southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras and were known
as the first culture in the New World to keep historical records in written form from 50 BC until the Spanish conquest in the 1500s. Their calendar inscriptions fall between
AD 292 to AD 900, also known as the Class period. Earlier Mayan culture is known as the Formative or Preclassic period which was from 2000 BC - AD 300
and the Postclassic period from AD 900 - AD 1500 (Miller, 2002). Although the Maya had existed in Mesoamerica during the Olmec dominance
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