What is a Mayan civilization?

Answer 1

The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Pre-Classic period (c. 2000 BC to 250 AD), according to the Mesoamerican chronology, many Maya cities reached their highest state of development during the Classic period (c. 250 to 900 AD), and continued throughout the Post-Classic period until the arrival of the Spanish.

The Maya civilization shares many features with other Mesoamerican civilizations due to the high degree of interaction and cultural diffusion that characterized the region. Advances such as writing, epigraphy, and the calendar did not originate with the Maya; however, their civilization fully developed them. Maya influence can be detected from Honduras, Guatemala, Northern El Salvador and to as far as central Mexico, more than 1,000 km (620 mi) from the Maya area. Many outside influences are found in Maya art and architecture, which are thought to result from trade and cultural exchange rather than direct external conquest.

The Maya peoples never disappeared, neither at the time of the Classic period decline nor with the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores and the subsequent Spanish colonization of the Americas. Today, the Maya and their descendants form sizable populations throughout the Maya area and maintain a distinctive set of traditions and beliefs that are the result of the merger of pre-Columbian and post-Conquest ideas and cultures. ManyMayan languages continue to be spoken as primary languages today; the Rabinal Achí, a play written in the Achi language, was declared aMasterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2005.

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Answer 2

The Mayan ancestory can be traced from an ancient civilization based on Mars. When Mars became uninhabitable, the Earth was colonised and a main colony established itself underground as it had done in for the previous 50-70 millenia on Mars. The Mayan colony, a small sect independent of their ancestors, broke surface and inhabited the surface at the cost of cutting ties with their subterranous cousins. The surface colony, retained knoledge but lost the ability to implement their knowledge due to the sudden severage with technology. Knowledge was passed down from generation to generation but also eventually lost.

Answer 3

The Mayan civilization was the civilization of what is now southeastern Mexico, all of Guatemala and Belize, and the western portions of Honduras and El Salvador prior to the arrival of Europeans.

Answer 4

They had a Theocracy. A Theocracy is a society ruled by religious leaders. It's in my textbook!

Answer 5

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