Long known for their cool circular calendars and practice of human sacrifice, Aztecs were also math whizzes. Aztecs used hand, heart and arrow symbols to represent fractional distances when ...

Mesoamerican origins -- Maya agriculture -- Maya society -- Maya religion -- A Mayan temple -- Maya calendar and writing system -- Daily life aamong the Mayas -- Rise of the Aztecs -- Daily life in an ...

When Europeans first came to the New World, what we now know as Central America had been home to a number of rich and sophisticated cultures, such as the Aztecs of central Mexico, the Zapotecs who ...