Inca

*Religion and Beliefs -

Inca believed in multiple gods, (polytheists) including nature and spirit gods. The Incas especially worshiped Viracocha who was believed to be the founder and creator of the Incas. Along with Viracocha, they also worshiped the sun god and the most important god, Inti. At festivals, they performed sacred rituals to please the gods.

*Family Life and Customs -

Commoners were organized into seperate groups. Each group was like a family unit called an ayllu, each ayllu containing 10-20 people. Within every unit, each person had a specific job. Because of their specific duties commoners had no freedom such as owning land or running businesses. Laws decided who would work, when, where, and at what time. If one were to break these laws, they were usually sent to the death penalty. The Incan people were very smart, but the only education the child of a commoner recieved had to do with training for a specific job. As for food, the Incans were served two or three meals a day depending on how hard they had worked that day.

Aztecs

*Social Class -

There were only two Aztec social classes, the nobles and the commoners. Sub-classes within the nobles worked farmlands, while some were hired as tenants or even slaves.

*Warfare -

Messengers were sent to gather potential soldiers throughout the county. These soldiers were pulled from either the noble or commoner class.

*Religion -

The Aztec believed human sacrifice such as human blood and the living heart to please the Gods and Goddesses. The Aztecs also believed in an after life.

Maya

*Social Class -

The Mayan social pyramid consisted of priests, nobles, wealthy commoners and low-level govern officers, and slaves and servants.

*Warfare -

Some kings of the Mayans ordered war to gain power. The Mayans used steles (stone tablets) to represent the warriors. The fall of the Mayan civilization was caused by the cities dividing into their own tribes. When the cities split, kings increased war to become gain power.

*Religion -

Mayan religion mainly consisted of the worship of nature gods (especially the gods of sun and rain) the importance of astronomy, human sacrifice, and the building of pyramids used as temples.