ETST 012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Feathered Serpent, Itzamna, Kukulkan
23 Jul 2018
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Etst 012 lecture 16: introduction to latin american religions - pre-colonial to present. The flag of mexico is based on an aztec myth. The peoples from aztlan, the mythical land of plenty, first settled in the valley of. Mexico because of a sign from the god huitziliopochtli. The war and sun god had sent an eagle sitting on a cactus to show them exactly where they should settle down. Vast differences in region, topography, demographics, and religion (encompasses all of south and central america, and mexico) Pre-colonial civilizations (aka pre-columbian civilizations): had kingdoms, empires, great monuments and cities, arts, metallurgy, and writing. Agricultural beginnings go back to 7000 bce. Large-scale empires in mexico/central america and andean region of south. 500 bce-700-900 ce: maya, zaptec, totonac, and teotihuacan. 400-600 ce: teotihuacan civilization in valley of mexico (city with. 900-1200 ce: toltecs of tula (central mexico) 1428-1521 ce: aztecs, pre-columbian mesoamerican empire feathered serpent form.
