complete the chart we were working last class:

	Aztec	Maya	Inca
Location	Central America, Mexico	Central America	South America, along the Andes
Time Periods	1200 to 1521	400BC-1517AD Height: 200-900AD	1200-1572AD
Capital	Tenochtitlan	Tikal, Chichen Itza, Copan, Palenque, Mayapan	Cuzco
Economy	Farming (corn, beans, tomatoes, squash) -  chinampas	Farming (corn, beans, squash) Trade	Farming (corn, cotton, potatoes) - Terraces
Religion	Many gods, sun god most important, human sacrifice	Many gods, king’s blood is sacred, sacrificed animals and some humans	Many gods, some human sacrifice
Social System	Different classes of people, warriors have high social status	Different classes of people	Different classes of people
Government	Very powerful king, highly centralized, war was for captives and tribute	Well organized city states each with a king, war was for tribute	King at the center of empire, War is for conquest
Technology	Built monumental architecture, chinampas, calendar	Writing, math, monumental architecture, calendar	Terraces, irrigation, medicine, monumental architecture, roads
End of Civilization	Cortes and the Spanish kill the king, the empire ended	Abandoned cities, disappeared	Civil war and Spanish invasion
Contributions	Corn, calendar, architecture	Calendar, corn, writing, math, architecture	Medicine, irrigation, terraces