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Hahaha, thanks!
Wish I had one like that.
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If the Maya were weebs, lol this is straight up awesome.
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So is this for a bigger project or are just really into central American history.
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This is for a webcomic I'm currently working on:Β tapas.io/series/Codex-Black
I made these glyphs to represent the important characters in the comic and I will be making more as the story unfolds.
Though I feel the urge to clear something out, these artworks aren't based on mayan culture, but rather "aztec" and other mesoamerican cultures from the center of current Mexico, which would make it North America rather than Central America.
Not really important, though, just a little clarification, thanks for your interest!
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Lol, I'd hate to admit it. But they tend to blend into each other in my head. Just so I am clear Aztec were the ones who built over the old Inca empire correct?
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Haha, sorry, but not really.
-AztecsΒ (popularly called that, even though their real name isΒ Mexicas) were the empire that the spaniards encountered in the center of Mexico. Their capital, Tenochtitlan, is today's Mexico City, capital of Mexico.Β
-Mayans were in the south eastern area of Mexico and other countries from Central America like Guatemala and Belice, though Mayans are a generalization and were in reality many different city-states spanning over a long period of time, rather than a single empire.
-Incas were in South America (Peru, Colombia, etc) and have nothing to do with mesoamerican cultures at all (Mesoamerica=Mexico & Central America).
Don't worry, to most people "aztecs" and mayans tend to blend because of how pop culture portrays them, but the truth is that, in Mexico alone, hundreds of different cultures flourished before the conquest and many of them remain today (like nahuas, zapotecs, mixtecs, mayans, otomies, mixes, zoques, purepechas, etc). They all shared similarities which led to the use of the term "Mesoamerica" to refer to all of them together; but at the same time they're all unique and different, so with a little bit of reading it becomes quite easy to tell them appart.
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So it similar to early America were through pop culture native Americans were all desert Cherokee and black foot thought there were just a diverse populous. Neat lol I have learned more from a web comic artist the history class... tells you alot about public schools.
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Exactly!
It's usually through stereotypes that the true diversity of original cultures becomes invisible.
Hahaha, yeah, schools have several problems when they can't make their students interested in something.Β
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I know, its blankly starring at the board writing notes. I only had 1 teacher that made school interesting. But that was 6th grade and he is no longer a teacher.
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Nvm should just opened you homepage, I am going to watch you. I am interested 8n this. Not enough central american focused media and it's a shame.
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