FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS THE OLMECS TO CORTES
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strength and power
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wealth and power
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wealth and size of land
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family size and power
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Olmec had social classes based on wealth and power. Both the Olmec and Maya lives in theocracies in which the leader and the ruling classes were believed to represent the will of the gods.
Detailed explanation-2: -As far as social classes go mainly the population was made up of a Middle Class, who were mostly farmers. The other small percentage were the High Class, who were artisans, rulers, and priests, usually having a religious role.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Olmecs’ economy was both agricultural and trade-based.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Olmecs lacked any type of currency that we know of; yet they built major trade routes throughout central Mexico, buying and selling precious materials ranging from jade to parrot feathers.
Detailed explanation-5: -Like many early Mesoamerican cultures, the Olmec believed in three tiers of existence: the physical realm they inhabited, an underworld and a sky realm, home of most of the gods. Their world was bound together by the four cardinal points and natural boundaries such as rivers, the ocean and mountains.