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Mayans
The Mayan civilization was spread through what is now Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, western Honduras, and the southern regions of Mexico. The Mayans are well known for creating the only fully developed written language of pre-Columbian Americas. The Mayans were at the height of their civilization from about 300 to 900 AD, although there are still Mayans today in certain areas of Guatemala and Mexico.
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The Aztecs are known for the trade and medical advances they made. The capital of Aztlan (name of the country of the Aztecs) was Tenochtitlan.
What jobs did the Maya Indians have?
2000-5000 years ago the only job you would find Mayan people doing is creating the Mayan calender.however on the 21 of December 2012 the world will not end in regards to what people are saying.this is just someone's opinion.the Mayan people created the calender to end on the 21 of December 2012.the 21 has already past and we are still alive.so don't Believe in what people are saying.
Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, and el Salvador. Today the world's almost 7 million Maya live in those countries, and also Canada and the United States.
Did the Mayans take there enemis prisoners or kill them?
The Aztecs captured them and made them prisoners. The prisoners were then used as a sacrifices in the Aztecs many religious festivals. Some Aztec wars (Flower Wars) were waged for the specific purpose of getting prisoners for future sacrifice.
What are the differences between Mayans and Egyptians?
The Mayan languages (alternatively: the languages of the Maya)[1] form a language family spoken in Mesoamerica and northern Central America. Mayan languages are spoken by at least 6 million indigenous Maya, primarily in Guatemala, Mexico, Belize and Honduras. In 1996, Guatemala formally recognized 21 Mayan languages by name,[2] and Mexico recognizes eight more.[3]
The Mayan language family is one of the best documented and most studied in the Americas.[4] Modern Mayan languages descend from Proto-Mayan, a language thought to have been spoken at least 5,000 years ago; it has been partially reconstructed using the comparative method.
Mayan languages form part of the Mesoamerican Linguistic Area, an area of linguistic convergence developed throughout millennia of interaction between the peoples of Mesoamerica. All Mayan languages display the basic diagnostic traits of this linguistic area. For example, all use relational nouns instead of prepositions to indicate spatial relationships. They also possess grammatical and typological features that set them apart from other languages of Mesoamerica, such as the use of ergativity in the grammatical treatment of verbs and their subjects and objects, specific inflectional categories on verbs, and a special word class of "positionals" which is typical of all Mayan languages.
During the pre-Columbian era of Mesoamerican history, some Mayan languages were written in the Mayan hieroglyphic script. Its use was particularly widespread during the Classic period of Maya civilization (c. 250-900 CE). The surviving corpus of over 10,000 known individual Maya inscriptions on buildings, monuments, pottery and bark-paper codices,[5] combined with the rich postcolonial literature in Mayan languages written in the Latin script, provides a basis for the modern understanding of pre-Columbian history unparalleled in the Americas and Egyptian is the oldest known indigenous language of Egypt and a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. Written records of the Egyptian language have been dated from about 3400 BC,[1] making it one of the oldest recorded languages known, outside of Sumerian. Egyptian was spoken until the late 17th century AD in the form of Coptic. The national language of modern-day Egypt is Egyptian Arabic, which gradually replaced Coptic as the language of daily life in the centuries after the Muslim conquest of Egypt. Coptic is still used as the liturgical language of the Coptic Church. It has a handful of fluent speakers today.[2][3]
Why did the Mayans have masks?
Because the Incas were extremely religious and they were very serious about the gods that they believed in, so they decided to make masks to wear while worshiping the gods.
What Mayan languages are spoken in Guatemala?
About half a million people in the Guatemalan departments of Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango and San Marcos speak Mam, a Mayan language. Some Mam speakers also inhabit the Mexican state of Chiapas.
How big was the Mayan civilization?
Tikal the largest mayan city may have had a population of 100000 or more
They did not write, but passed down all their knowledge orally. They used rope with string hanging down in knots called "quipu / kipu" as a method to remembering things and events.
The Inca government was centralized, with the ruler being a descendant of the Sun God Inti. The ruler would not be considered a god while he was living, but was treated as such. The ruler would marry his sister, and he cannot many "humans". But then their child would not necessarily be heir to the throne. Concubines could have his child and the child that was most suited was chosen. When the ruler died, he was mummified, and his body kept around during the early years of his successor. This was done so that the successor may speak to the predecessor for advice. Most of the government howver was a large bureaucracy and each person had his own responsibility. The more powerful you were, the more people you controlled.
There was a state religion and women called "Aclla" were the virgins who either became condubines or performed religious duties. The Sun God Inti was the most powerful, but there were various other gods and there was also ancestral worship.
The common people were divided into clan called "ayllus". To join a clan, one traced both your male and female ancestor's lines. You married within your clan and interacted with the government through your clan. You also paid your taxes through the clan.
The Inca also had a controlled state economy. The government would take a percentage from a clan as tribute. Elderly, who could not do hard labor, would make textile products as tribute.
In the Inca they had very serious laws. If you commited murder you were thrown off a cliff. If you stole or cheated your hands and feet were to be cut off and fed to the animals. ☺
Why did the Mayan use the cacao bean for money?
because it was all knowing Becuase it was all know n ppl like it
Who are the astecs and the Mayans?
The Mayans and Aztecs were both native groups from Mexico. They were both widely known for their artistic and architectural accomplishments. The Mayans though had impressed many with their discoveries in math and astronomy. The Aztecs had ruled central Mexico for centuries but that came to an end in the 1521 when the conquistadors came and took over. The conquistadors also took over the Mayans but it took close to around twenty years and even then the Mayans later rebelled against the conquistadors.
Gods.
How could you describe Mayan writing?
please help me to answer this question because i dont seem to be able to describe the handwritting.
What were the Mayas well known for?
The Mayans were a race of people that lived among the rainforests. They gained popularity in 2011 and 2012 for their works on the calendar.
He was first built by the Teotihuacán people who ruled the Cholula area from 1 AD to 600. Then the Olmeca-Xicallanca took over to the year 650 until the Toltec and/or the Chichimecs took over. They were then killed by the Aztecs in around 1300.
Why did the Mayans have shrines on the top of the temples?
They used adobe (or dried mud) to build the temples.
there is no concrete evidence that something catastrophic will happen at the end of 2012 and destroy the world. the only indication that something might happen is the Mayan calender thingy.
pretty much, it's your call on what you believe right now, and we'll all find out if the world does end on 2012 or doesn't. There's not much we can do about it besides wait.
by the way, it's 12-21-2012.
What is inside the chichen itza pyramid?
There are several structures in Chichen Itza, such as the main temple, the ball game court and the observatory. The most famous is the main temple, also known as El Castillo (the castle), which was bult to worship Kukulkan and has a height of approximately 30 meters (98 feet).
What three bodies of water surrounded the Mayan empire?
The Caribbean on one side and the Pacific Ocean on the other.
How could commoners in the Aztec society move into the noble class?
You should look in your text book...
