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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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What were the Mayan architectural achievements?
the biggest building the mayans built was 20 storuies tall
no. not that much actually. if they were why did they cut peoples heads of who were the losers of a game.
Where did the Maya civilization live?
The Mayas lived in present day Honduras, Belize, Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador. But most now are living in Guatemala.
What Cultural elements did the Mayan city-states share?
You're in Mr. Hawxhurst's K12 Geography class aren't you?
the hero twins they were called started the mayans but, later on one main family ruled unknown how the family was decided but the father was the "king" and once he pasted his eldest son who take over and no one else had a chance at taking the throne
The Mayan temples can reach up to about 47 meters high or 150 feet.
Did Mayans created the 365 calendar?
No. It was Julius Caesar who created the 365 day calendar, though it was 11 minutes off, which caused it to snow in the summer roughly in the 1600s.
How do you know Mayan was a civilization?
You probably don't, but it's pretty obvious that there had to be peoples in the Americas a couple of thousand years before it was discovered by Europeans.
How did Mayans preserve their writing?
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.)
How many Mayan books have survived?
Only 4 Mayan books have survived and nobody alive can fully understand them.
they lived in New Mexico in 1800's and invaided and killed the colianist who settled in NM
Actually, that's not true. The Pueblo Indians are a group of Indians who live in special houses called pueblos. Or, they did back then. There are Pueblos still alive today, but they are modern (as in, have modern clothes, modern food, modern technologies). Back in the times before Texas and New Mexico were Texas and New Mexico (I.E. before they were states), the Pueblos would hunt, farm, and, among other things, fight with the Spanish. They would attack anyone who tried to TAKE their land or KILL another one of them, but if you were new and weren't in cahoots with a Spaniard enemy, they would welcome you in and learn about you.
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What did the Mayan chief wear?
he wore a feather headdress , robes decorated with jewels and jade earrings
What were the characteristics of Maya civilization during the classic period?
The defining characteristics of the Maya are militarism (glorification of the military), human sacrifice, and the modern calendar
What was different about the organization of the Maya government than the Aztecs and Incas?
it included a number of independent city-states with competing rulers
How was the Aztecs incans and mayans similar?
Aztecs and Myans both are polytheistic, which means they both believe in many gods. Also, they both have sacrificial ceremonies where they give blood to the gods and kill enemy warriors that they have acquired from won battles.
What happened to the Mayans by A.D.900?
The Maya civilization reached its height between about AD 250 and 900
What activities were the Mayans particularly successful?
They were most successful in agriculture. :)
What influences has the Mayan culture had on todays society?
They wowed everyone with their awesome predictions and made everyone think that the world is going to end on12 December 2012. Though scientists have admitted that there was a calculation error of 50 to 100 years between their calender and our calender
How many Mayan calendars are there?
Three.
The Mayans created and used at least three calendars.
1) The Haab. This was 365 day long with 18 months of 20 days each. 5 days were added at the end, these days were considered to be unlucky and could not wait for them to pass. They were aware that the year was closer to 365.25 days but this was not taken into account in this calendar and consequently it drifted out of synchronisation. (By about six hours a year)
2) The Tzolkin. This was a 260 day cycle also called the 'Sacred Round' and listed sacred days, omens and associations for guidance in planting, warring, sacrificing etc.
This was joined to the 365 day calendar to give a complex 52 year cycle called the Calendar Round. This period is the time it takes for the two calendars to match up and start on the same day again.
3) The Long Count. This is where the ignorance comes in and is used by people to say the world will end. It is not so unless you are a Mayan or believe as they did.
It is a bit more complex and is used to calculate long periods of time. (Hence the name).
The periods within it are;
20 kins = 1 uinal = 20 days
18 uinals = 1 tun = 360 days
20 tuns = 1 katun = 7200 days
20 katun = 1 baktun = 144,000 days
They then multiplied the baktun by 13 to get what they called the Great Cycle which is equal to 5,130 years. The best evidence suggests that the present Great Cycle started in 3114 BC and will end on 23rd December 2012.
What counry was home to the mayans?
The orientals that arrived in Nicaragua in 1314bc first honored Volcano Cosiguina as the mountain of God and then went north up river to found Copan in 1313bc. This is what genesis chronology proves because of the specific Venus dates the Maya use, namely 1770bc from Egypt and 1625bc from Babylon. Their chronology uses the postFlood 3744 haab, The Noahs 1344 haab which added to 2256am makes 1770bc their Babylonian shar 3600. They also shrink the 1600 year span from Noahs Flood 3114bc to the Exodus comet 1514bc down to 1600 tun which the Egyptian say is 1577 Julian years from 3090-1513bc. (1440 Julian = 1461 tun, and 137 Julian = 139 tun) Thus Egyptian 3090-1513bc becomes Mayan 3113-1513bc shrunk 23 years to be 3113-1536bc. Although i admit as 3114-1537bc it is 100 years before Chinese 1437bc as century markers. (All my answers are given as how the world spread according to Genesis math and astronomy and calendars.)
