The Inca, the Maya, and the Aztec (architecture)

Hey, it's Wesley again.  I'm back with lots more information about the Inca, the Maya, and the Aztec.  In the past week I've been learning a lot more about the three civilization's architecture.  One thing about all of their architecture that is the same is that they all built large cities and religious temples.  They all used rock and other types of materials. 

The Maya built all of their temples out of limestone because it was one of the closest and lightest rocks around.  The Aztecs built with all sorts of stones that were close and available.  Also, the height of their building varied to what type of stone they used to make it balanced.  The Aztecs also believed strongly in sacrifice for their gods and like other cities built a large and well designed sacrificial temple.  The Aztecs wanted to make their temple better than any other city's so instead of taking their old temples down and rebuilding it, they would do something called layering.  They built a new layer over their old temple and they made every layer more designed and intricate. 

The Aztecs and the Maya all had great architecture, but I think that the Inca are the ones with the best architecture.  The Inca lived on the steep, tall mountains of the Andes mountains.  There was no stone very close by their villages and the only major stone source was all the way down the mountain.  The Inca built their buildings with large stone blocks that weighed several tons that were shaped and fit together like puzzle pieces.  Many wonder how the Inca were able to carry the several ton stones up the mountains and then shape them perfectly to fit together.  They shaped and polished the stone until it was smooth and shaped to perfection.  They also represent a group of their buildings as an animal sometimes to show their religion too.  Inca, Maya, and Aztec architecture is all very complex and very interesting to see.

Wesley

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