Postclassical+Americals+Political

>> **Incan Socialism**
 * Politics of the Inca **
 * Various Ayllus living in the Andes
 * Ayllu: clan/group
 * Self ruling
 * Inca ruled over all the Ayllus
 * Inca government officials in each Ayllu
 * Ayllus give 100% of what they grow to the Inca
 * Ayllus provide labor
 * Inca redistribute all of the goods
 * Inca also give protection and provide labor to ayllus that may need it
 * Strong military
 * Centralized socialistic empire
 * Bureaucracy


 * Politics of the Olmecs **
 * Ruled by the elite
 * First American civilization
 * Rulers treated as gods
 * Created base for all following civilizations


 * Politics of Teotihuacan **
 * Power shift from religious to civil authority
 * Long period of peace maintained by authority and power of the main city
 * No supreme ruler
 * Everything based off kinship
 * City state
 * Bureaucracy
 * Ethnic groups had their own districts

=Aztecs=
 * Towns near lakes
 * Aztecs were un-liked, military group
 * Tenochtilan= capital founded around 1325
 * Had a supreme ruler
 * The king represented the Gods on earth
 * Ruler and warrior nobles took lands and tribute from conquered towns
 * Nomadic tribe that used the political anarchy to conquer areas of agricultural people
 * Collected tribute from other tribes
 * State marriages to unite city states
 * Prime minister
 * 1319 City state Culhuacan makes a deal with the Aztecs
 * They will grant the Aztecs freedom if they fight a battle and win
 * 1322 Aztecs form their own city-state at Tenochtitlan

=Mayans=
 * Developed 300-900 C.E.
 * 50 city states
 * City states with common culture
 * Varied in size, all had pyramids surrounded by temples
 * Kings
 * Constant warfare
 * Strong military
 * Human sacrifices to their Gods
 * Agricultural exhaustion
 * Great population centers
 * Internal rebellion
 * Covered México, Guatemala, Beliz, Honduras, and El Salvador

By Willa and Sarah Coleman