The Mayan system is not hieroglyphs. The Mayans created a syllabary where each separate syllable has a symbol. The Cherokee also use a syllabary. The Japanese also use a syllabary. When a language uses a total of 90 or fewer sounds, a syllabary takes less time to learn than an alphabet. A 5 year old Cherokee child would learn to read and write in 4 months.
It is much easier for children to learn to read and write German and Spanish than it is to learn English and French. In German or Spanish, each letter has one sound. (Spanish has the exception that ll and y are pronounced the same. Also g has two sounds, however, both are only indicated by a g.)
The ancient Mayans didn't use alphabetic writing. Mayans used hieroglyphics.
The Sumerians
The Spanish were catholic and thought the Mayans were savages and less than human. So they thought that the books that the Mayans kept about their history and their religion (called codices) were savage also. When the Spanish started invading around the 16th century, many of them were destroyed. Only four of these sacred books remain today. The system of writing was retained by some Mayans who converted to Catholicism and taught others in secret. The writing remained on giant stone slabs called stelae, which were similar to codices.
they created a writing system, forms of maths, and astromomy
The Mayans had hot weather.
The mayans had a writing called the hieroglyphs.
The ancient Mayans didn't use alphabetic writing. Mayans used hieroglyphics.
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The Sumerians
The Mayans developed a sophisticated writing system known as hieroglyphics in Mesoamerica.
The mayans had the job of working and writing plus growing crops...
The mayans had the job of working and writing plus growing crops...
There were many of them. Of special importance are Aztecs, Teotihuacans, Mayans and Olmecs.
By creating their own writing system
It isn't similar at all, in fact, it's very different than any other writing system in the world.
The Mayans, however, their writing is usually not called "hieroglyphics" since that word is reserved for Egyptian writing.
it was their form of writing. it allowed them to keep records,preserve stories write contracts record genealogies