Mayas_Incas_And_Aztecs

Mayas Incas And Aztecs Although the Mayan, Aztec and Incan civilizations achieved many great accomplishments, they did not overcome the great achievements of empires many years before. Earlier empires have even outshined these civilizations in these ancient achievements. For instance, The Roman Empire lasted many more years than the Aztecs or Incas because of their more successful government along with many other reasons. The Aztecs and Incas were dominant in managing their governments, however the Roman government was greatly more competent. One of the great achievements of the Mayans that did not exceed earlier empires was the Mayan pyramid temple in Tikal. The Tikal pyramid was the tallest structure in the Americas, but not around the globe (Doc 1). The Egyptian pyramids are much more remarkable. These renowned structures outdid the pyramid in Tikal in size and architectural aptitude. Although the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu are very notable and shows great building design, the Roman columns and Egyptian pyramids greatly surpassed them (Doc 7). The Mayans developed a hieroglyphic writing system. They also invented a calendar that used glyphs as symbols (Doc 2). On the other hand, the Egyptians had a writing system and calendar hundreds of years before the Mayans. The Egyptian roman, empires, egyptian, years, empire, doc, before, mayans, incans, great, civilizations, aztecs, aztec, much, incan, achievements, very, system, hundreds, egyptians, earlier, writing, trading, tikal, pyramid, mayan, irrigation, incas, however, greatly, government, documents, civilization, although, advanced, understood