Moche

CHART: CHARACTERISTICS OF A CIVILIZATION OR CULTURE NAME: ___Seth Stukalin__ __PERIOD: _8___ DATE: _9/22/10 · ** Leaders, Elites ** · ** State Structure ** · ** War ** · ** Diplomacy, Treaties ** · ** Courts, Laws ** || ** Governed by warrior-priests ** · ** Type of System ** · ** Technology, Industry ** · ** Trade, Commerce ** · ** Capital/Money ** · ** Types of Businesses ** || ** Economy rooted in complex irrigation systems, maize, beans, squash, cotton and fishing ** || · ** Holy Books ** · ** Beliefs, Teachings ** · ** Conversion ** · ** Sin/Salvation ** · ** Deities ** || ** Shaman-priests conducted ceremonies atop huge pyramids such as the Pyramid of the Sun. They conducted ceremonies under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs. ** || · ** Family ** · ** Gender Relations ** · ** Social Classes ** · ** Inequalities ** · ** Life Styles ** || ** Scholars know very little about daily life because there was little recording of there life. ** || · ** Art, Music ** · ** Writing, Literature ** · ** Philosophy ** · ** Math & Science ** · ** Education ** || ** They were very skilled in metalworking. Made many adobe burial chambers. Ceremonial regalia was popular. Gold, copper, silver jewelery face masks were also popular ** · ** Location ** · ** Physical ** · ** Movement ** · ** Human/Environment ** · ** Region ** || ** 250-mile stretch of Peru’s northern coast, contained 13 river valleys **
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 * War was very apparent in paintings. **
 * Social structure was made up of warrior-priest elite, craftsmen, and peasants ** ||
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 * == INTELLECTUAL, artS  ==
 * Artists painted depictions of their gods and war-prisoners being beheaded ** ||
 * == NEAR: GEOGRAPHY  ==
 * subject to torrential rain, drought, and earthquakes. ** ||

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