I believe that if we had lost our economy would have plummeted, the US would look completely different, and there would be much stricter rules. <span />
At the time the ascetic religious system in India called Jainism, was unequal in that it favored the higher classes and granted them greater spiritual potential/reward. Buddhism became popular because it allowed even the lowly lower classes to reach Nirvana. In other words everyone could reach Nirvana, a place of perfect peace and happiness, much like the Christian idea of heaven.
The Aztecs were not as strong as the Inca. They got defeated in war against other tribes many times. The Aztecs were the youngest out of the other 3 main tribes. The Aztecs' main city is built on an island in a Mexican lake named lake texcoco. For more info visit: www.knowledgenuts.com/2013/10/22/the-difference-between-the-Aztec-maya-inca-and-olmec/