- Helpful terms, concepts, ideas for the week:

• Aztec (eb)
• Cortés, Hernán, Marqués Del Valle De Oaxaca (eb)
• Guanajuato (eb)
• La Habana (eb)
• The History of European Overseas Exploration and Empires (eb)
• Mexico - Colonial Period, 1701-1821 (eb)
• Slavery (eb)
• Spain Under the Habsburgs (eb)
• Sugarcane general reference (eb) - note: be sure to look at Cuba references under sugar production
  • Illustration of a sugarcane and a sugar beet (eb)
• Tenochtitlán (eb)

• Map of the principle sites of Meso-American civilization (eb)
• Mexican Territory before 1848 (po)

• Mesoamerican Photo Archives - tons of pictures!
• Aztec Manuscripts
• Huichol Art Gallery - tons of artwork images
• Maya Photo Archive - tons of pictures
• Mayan Mexico - essay with pictures
• Tlahuica Cultures of Morelos - pictures and explanations

• Pre-Columbian Culture Page (Teotihuacan , Drawing of Main Aztec Temple)
• Maya Astronomy
• Maya Mathematics
• Maya Adventure Map - clickable map gives info on particular area with images
• Mesoamerican Religions
• Mesoamerican Religions
• How are the prehispanic calendars interpreted?
• The Maya World (very brief info on location, who the Maya were and the three time periods)
  The following related documents are all quite brief:
  
  The Ancient Maya and their Achievements
  Recent Discoveries in The Maya World
  The Maya Legacy & Major Archeological Sites
  Maya Cuisine
  Maya World Handicrafts
  The Modern-Day Maya
  Nature Reserves of The Maya World
  The Underwater World
  Wildlife of the Maya World

• Aztec History - information on Aztec rulers, religion, codices, medicine
• Aztec Creation Story - brief description
• Origins of Chocolate - a few words about a bitter and spicy Aztec drink
• Chronology of chocolate manufacturing

  Poetry

• A Pre-Columbian Mexico Poem
• The Cosmos and Man: Aztec Humanism - Aztec wisdom in poems