• They based their economy on farming (corn, beans) and trading. • Rich in religious beliefs, the Mayas made sacrifices and had a vast variety of gods, from which Itzamna was the principal.
• From XIII Century to 1521. • Had Tenochtitlán for capital. A magnificent city above water. • Established there due to a myth, in which an eagle would eat a snake, and thereby edificate the capital in honor of Huitzilopochtli. • Called themselves “Children of the Sun”.
Worked ores, specially gold, used in their clothes and some buildings.
Terraces for crops, irrigation
Cities on mountain tops. Ingapirca and Machu Picchu for example.
Did not have writing system. Used Quipus to keep records for finances and trading. More so over, they had developments in medicine with the use of special ivy and herbs.