SSC
WORLD HISTORY
Question
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Meso-American Pyramids were also designed for ____
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war
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religious ceremonies
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agriculture
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farming
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Mesoamerican pyramids were generally earth mounds faced with stone. Typically of stepped form, they were topped by a platform or temple that only privileged community members were allowed to approach.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most of the pyramids that are in Mexico, were built by Mesoamerican Ancient Civilizations such as the Toltecs, the Tarascan, the Maya, the Aztecs, and the Totonac.
Detailed explanation-3: -Most pyramids were built to correspond to cosmological principles, such as astronomical orientation. They also represented the recreation of an axis mundi, a world axis where the pyramid became the cosmic center around which the rest of the universe revolved both vertically and horizontally.
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