The Mayans

pic By C wadler Anschutz Standard to be c e realwhereed by this project Describe the diverse characteristics of previous(predicate) the stirsn Civilizations and societies in North, Central, and S let onh America by comparing and contrasting the study aspects (government, religion, interactions with the environment, economy, and social life) of American Indian civilizations and societies much(prenominal) as the Maya, Aztec, Inca, Pueblo, and/or Eastern lumber bulks. pic Rise and F altogether of the Mayans The Maya people lived from 11,000 B. C. to some one hundred fifty0 A. D. At 11,000 B. C. he first hunter-gatherers situate into the Maya Highlands. According to Mayans Long Count calendar the creation of the world weighs maneuver in 3114-3113 B. C. In the family 2000 B. C. the Olmec civilization is on the rise, the root of many traditions in the Mayan Culture. 700 B. C. Maya people form a written wording of a form of hieroglyphics. The Mayan script is logosyllabic unite about 550 logograms (which represent whole words) and 150 syllabograms (which represent syllables). There were also about 100 glyphs representing come in label and the names of gods.Only about 300 of these glyphs were commonly utilize. In 300 B. C. the Mayans adopted the idea of a hierarchical society ru lead by nobles and kings. The urban center of Teotihuacan is pieceed in 100 B. C. and be condescends the tenderness of culture, religion and trading in Mesoamerican for centuries. The Mayan people learned to farm the acetous tropical land. As populations grew, they adopted much intensive methods of cultivation including composting, terracing, and irrigation. They filled in swamps to creating fields and use silt and gunk from bottomlands to fertilize enclosed gardens.Artificial ponds gave a place to hold fish, and corrals held deer and other back up flushed from the forest. Their settlements grew into whacking city-states and with the city-states came blown-up palaces a nd temples. They were precise artistic they make ceramics, murals, and sculptures. They understood the impression of zero and formed a rattling extensive hieroglyphic form of writing. Their year had 365 geezerhood to it and they point had made the bounce year correction. They predicted solar eclipses, watched the stars, and even had their temples create so that at a plastered time of year theyd font the sunshinerise or sunset nominately.The Mayans were led by Maya Kings, who got their power from the gods. They were both priests, version religion and as leaders in times of peace of mind and war. These kings would perform common rituals giving metaphysical meaning to the ride of the heavens, changing calendars, and even royal succession. as well as the spiritual rituals the Maya cities functioned just as a normal city would trading, fighting, making alliances, and gaining/losing land. Waka, a Maya city had become a large center of trade. Goods like jade, obsidian, and pyrite even made it to the Mayans.Waka also had a self-feeder to the San Pedro, it was sheltered and had room to lodge large canoes. The Mayans also invented a type of onrush jacket. It was a cotton vest, stuffed with rock salt. A guy by the name of nonify is innate(p) led an army toward Waka in means to gain reinforcements. Fire is natural was sent to surmount Tikal. With his new found reinforcements from Waka it took him a hebdomad to r each(prenominal) Tikal and conquer them. Fire is Born became the cities new overlord. side by side(p) Fire is Borns take over of Tikal, Tikal itself started to expand. In the year 800 A. D.Cancun was infest by invaders. These invaders took 31 royal hostages into the judicature yard, probably members of the royal family, and systematically decollate every one of them. The king of Cancun was not spared, nor was his wife or children. The invaders took none of the wealth or valuable items of the city, instead they defaced all of the monument s and toppled them face down. Almost every city was met by its end in this counselling or simply faded out of existence. Nobles accustomed palaces even the homeless who had come to live in the palaces eventually abandoned them.The down lead of the Maya civilization can not be put of one unreserved yet terrible event. The collapse is collectible to many possible hassles that could have discredited the empire. Resources grew scarce kings with unearthly rituals lost their luster, direct instability and desperation to fuel demolition warfare. These problems may have been the cause of the fall of the Mayan civilization. There is not one exact k straightwayn reason for the end of the Mayans and is for now still a mystery. pic pic pic pic IMIX IK AKBAL KAN ee affiance eek ok bol k on urinelily, world locomote night-house maize pic pic pic pic CHIKCHAN KIMI MANIK LAMAT cheek chon kee me ma neek la mot snake death hand Venus pic pic pic pic MULUK OK CHUEN EB mul ok ak ch ew in eb water dog monkey tooth pic pic pic pic BEN IX MEN KIB ben eesh men keeb reed puma eagle soul pic pic pic pic KABAN ETZNAB KAWAK AHAW kah bon ehts nob kah wok ah how undercoat flint, knife storm Lord These symbols were the symbols the Mayans utilise to represent the 20 days of their month. With each symbol are their Yucatec names, pronunciation and hazard translation. These are the Mayan words for units of time day = Kin (keen) Month of 20 days = Uinal (wee nal) Year of 360 days = Tun (toon) 20 Tuns = Katun (k ah toon) 20 Katuns = Baktun (bock toon) pic This is a picture of Hunab Ku. He is the domineering god of the Mayans religion. He is also the author god. He is the Mayan equivalent for Greeks Zeus. Hunab Ku has power over the other gods. pic This is Cizin, the Mayan god of death. He would be a darker equivalent of the Greeks Hades.He requires a beastly sacrifice such of decapitation. Some of the ghostlike rituals Maya Kings performed were sacrifices to t his god to keep his wrath at bay. pic Kinich Ahau, the Mayan sun god. He brought the sun across the sky. He was an essential god to the Mayans they undeniable the sun to grow their crops. Sacrifices were also made to this kick downstairsicular god so hed continue to bring the sun out. pic The Mayan god of come down and lightning, Chac, was also very important to the Maya. He brought rain to water the crops. Sacrifices were made to him to continue bringing the rain and to not use lightning against the Mayans. Chac played an important role in the Mayan religion. picThis is an antique Mayan temple in Cancun. From the Mayan Classic Period, 300-900 A. D. this temple was used as a site for religious rituals. These rituals, performed by the king of the city, would have been sacrifices to the gods. galore(postnominal) gods were sacrificed to for the Mayans believed that the gods would be kind to them and help them if they had been sacrificed in return. pic This is a map of where the Maya Civilization lived. This part of the world is the southern end of Mexico and Guatemala. The sites shown on the map are locations of Mayan cities and villages. There were many of cities in Central America. pic This is a Mayan Ruins site. Its the site of Tikal, a great city.Fire is Born conquered this city just a week after gaining reinforcements at Waka. This city after went on the offensive and expanded. pic These are the ruins of Chichen Itza. Chichen Itza was a large city of the Mayans. The temple would have been of great religious importance. Many a sacrifice would have taken place within those walls. pic This is a temple from Uxmal, an ancient Mayan city. This temple would have been used as a religious place used for rituals and sacrifices. Mayans sacrificed people to the gods in return for peace and aid with whatever happened to be the problem at the moment. Bibliography The Mayan Civilization Timeline. Mexconnect. 01 Jan 2008. Web. Jan 2010. . Criscenzo, Jeeni. The May a. The Maya. Web. 8 Jan 2010. . Ager, Simon. Mayan Scipt. Omniglot. Web. 8 Jan 2010. . The Mayan Calendar. Web Exhibits. IDEA, Web. 8 Jan 2010. . The Mayas. Minnesota State University. Web. 8 Jan 2010. . The Mayas. Civilizations in America. Web. 8 Jan 2010. . Mayan report Timeline. One World Journeys. Web. 8 Jan 2010. . The Mayan History. Mayan Indians. Web. 8 Jan 2010. . The Rise and Fall of the Mayan Empire. Science at NASA. Web. 8 Jan 2010. . Gugliotta, Guy. Maya Rise and Fall. National Geographic. 01 Aug 2007. Web. 8 Jan 2010. .