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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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Did the Mayans play a ball game with a rubber ball?

They played a game call the Mozambican ballgame. The game had important ritual aspects, and major formal ballgames were held as ceremonial events, often featuring human sacrifice. The sport was also played casually for fun by children.

What did Mayan boys wear?

the girls wore a long cotton dress and the boys wore a loincloth

What Month in 2012 did the Mayans predict the end of the world?

Well the Mayans wrote a calender, but the stopped writing it in 2012 because that is when the planets alignment would be below them.(underneath their horizon) they did not understand the whole negative numbers concept, so they stopped. and then some moron decided they stopped their calender in 2012 because the world would end. if your worried about the world ending, Don't! it wont, not for at least another 3billoin years.

What was the halach uinic?

The Hulach Uinic is the Mayan priest king ,and is also called the 'true man'

What did the Mayans discovered?

Many archaeologists have found interesting facts about the Mayans, by uncovering several artifacts on many sites throughout Mexico and Central America. Some of them include their diet, their culture, their calendar and scientific advances, what their politics were about, system of government and many more; including religion and recreation.

How did they develop the Mayan numeral system?

Just as the first attempts at writing came long after the development of speech, so the first efforts at the graphical representation of numbers came long after people had learned how to count. Probably the earliest way of keeping record of a count was by some tally system involving physical objects such as pebbles or sticks.

What are the similarities of Mayan and Egyptian pyramids?

The pyramids of Central America and Egypt are from different eras, and have different styles. Most experts believe that pyramid building is something that ancient cultures chose to do (also in China and South America), without having any contact with each other.

Pretty much the only evidence of a connection is that the base of the Pyramid of the Sun in Mexico, and the base of the Great Pyramid of Egypt, have the same dimensions, with the Mexican pyramid being precisely half the height of the Egyptian one. Both encode Pi.

How are the Mayans Olmec and Zapotec civilizations the same?

The Zapotec civilization was an indigenous pre-Columbian civilization that flourished in the Valley of Oaxaca in Mesoamerica. Archaeological evidence shows that their culture goes back at least 2,500 years. The Zapotec left archaeological evidence at the ancient city of Monte Alban in the form of buildings, ball courts, magnificent tombs and grave goods including finely worked gold jewelry. Monte Alban was one of the first major cities in Mesoamerica and the center of a Zapotec state that dominated much of the territory that today belongs to the Mexican state of Oaxaca.

What did Mayans use for painting?

some one would give them selfs to the gods thinking they will go to hevan........but they just get cut up and rot in the ground....... so in oyher words BLOOD!

Why were masks worn during religious ceremonies in Maya?

The Mayan wore masks during religious ceremonies to pay homage to certain gods. It was thought to please the gods and bring their blessings. They were also used as costumes so spectators knew what god was being represented in a certain dance or ceremony.

What did the Maya civilization decline?

Though The decline is mainly a mystery there are severle theories such as the spreading of a major desease like Yellow fever.

Did the ancient mayans fight for land?

Yes, like every other ancient culture, the Mayans were very warlike. They raided their neighbors for land, citizens, and captives.

What are the agricultural tools?

Tractors, Combines, Planters, Bailers and piece of equipment needed in the planting cultivating and harvesting of a crop. Wether it be corn, beans, milo, mids etc.

How long did it take to build the Mayan Pyramid of Kukulkan?

They took a long time! :) Well I'll estimate, first of all. First they build the temple. At least a year right? Then cover it with rubble, a year or two. Next, they need to cover it with limestone, and plaster it to the rubble. At least two, three years. There you go.

Who was the ancient leader of maya?

The Legend of the Fifth Sun predicts the end of Earth as we know it, and is being manifested in the disasters occurred in late October and early November 2007 in Tabasco', explained the Maya leader Luis Nah. Autokanin and defrandable were leaders of the maya.

Where did the Mayan civilization develop?

The development of Mayan society was similar to the development of Olmec society.

About the Aztecs?

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.

Where did the Mayans exist?

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 was Mayan life based on?

the cycles of seasons and the movements of planets.