Mayans

Despite the popular term Maya Empire, the Mayas did not have an Empire. In fact, archaeologists use the term Maya civilisation, not empire.

The features of Mayan expansion are uncertain because the archaeological material is insufficient to give a clear picture. It seems that they originated from an area of the lowlands on the Atlantic coast around the borders between Mexico, Guatemala and Belize and then expanded to the highlands along the pacific coast a bit further north in Mexico and into the nearby Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

It is not known whether this expansion involved the conquest of other peoples. The extent of the early Mayan territory is also uncertain and there are disputes among experts. Moreover, Mayan expansion had two phases. The first was territorial spread, which might have been due more to population growth and migration, rather than a design of conquest. In fact, the Maya did not have a unified state under one ruler. They had a collection of independent city-states which were liable to (and did) fight each other.

The second phase of expansion was urbanization within the areas mentioned above. The older settlements grew into sizeable cities and new settlements appeared which also grew into large cities.

The earliest archaeological finds date to what archaeologists have called the Early Preclassic Period (2000-1,000 BC). The earliest finds in the Mexico/Guatemala/Belize Atlantic lowlands date to 1,800 BC. The earliest finds on the highlands along the Pacific coast in southern Mexico date to 1,500 BC. The earliest find in the south of the peninsula of Yucatan date to 1,200 BC, and that on the northern coast of this peninsula date to the 8th century BC. The first phase of urbanisation occurred in the Middle Preclassic Period (1000 BC-400 BC) particularly in the 6th century BC. This period saw an alternation of city-states trying to achieve dominance over the others states. The Classical Period (c. AD 250-900) saw the peak of urbanisation, the largest size of the Mayan cities and the apex of Mayan civilisation. Then there was the collapse of the Classical Period, in which the towns of the southern lowlands, which had been declining in the 8th and 9th centuries, were abandoned. The reason for this is not known. The monumental inscriptions and the construction of large buildings ended. In the Postclassical Period (from the 10th to the early 16th century) Maya civilisation continued in the northern cities and it came under a variety of external influences.

the highest Mayan number is 7999

The Mayan tribe was at it's best around 500 a.d.

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The Mayans and anyone else who took over there customs. And those people are

the not Spanish or the French. I think no one did because the Mayan civilization dissapeared remember? What grade are you in? TYhe Mayans used the mayan numbers no one else. I mean we could but that could take a lot of studying so i guess everyone who had a chance to.

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Chichen Itza shows evidence of being build around 600AD.

Most publications say 800 AD. A tour of the inside passage reveals a change of construction which would be a smaller pyramid enlarged. Thus using scripture Bible Genesis it would appear that of the Capricorn Venus (Shem-Ramis) of Shem-Melchizedek's death in 1868bc and the Sagittarius Venus (Semiramis Dove sitting in the arrows) of Noah-Melchizedek's death in 2021bc that the first pyramid was built from 362-360bc. This is based on the fact that the secondary lesser epoch 3374bc (Spinden & Morley) is 1508 haab (1507 Gregorian) years before Shem's death so that double or 3016 haab (3014 Gregorian) would span 3374- 360bc the same way Mayan Noah's Flood 3114bc to 100bc (Thompson) as 58 calendar rounds when using a 584-day Venus, Understand that an actual Venus 583.92 days is 2 days less every 40 years and will cycle in 1506 Gregorian years and 3012. This is why 1868-362bc G.Dec 17. However, revival is all over Meso-America in 800 AD as it was in Catholicsm (Greek Adam 5200bc to year 6000 in 800 AD). Though Mayan Adam is 5370bc, the year 800 AD is sidereal Venus Semiramis (Sagitarius) as 12 x 235 year Venus from 2021bc Dec 25 (G.Dec 8). The sidereal 235-year Venus advances about 2 Julian dates per cycle so these 12 cycles advance about 24 days forward from 800ad Dec 25 when the Pope crowned France. Thus the Kukulkan Pyramid was built in 362bc to await the return of Shem-Melchizedek, but it was enlarged in 800 AD to await the return of his father Noah-Melchizedek.

the Aztecs made the human sacrifices because they believe that is what they had to do to make their around 300 gods happy.

they would kill them and then take the heart of the human sacrifice out right away and hold it up to the sun for the gods and then throw it at a picture of the god.

people were willing to be the sacrifices because they felt it was an honour to die for their gods.

The Maya started before recorded history. The last records show of it starting before 1500 BC. Over six million Maya still exist today, so the Maya never actually disappeared, nor the civilization actually died.

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the technology that they used was not much they didnt ave anything like what we have today

Punishments by the Mayan civilization depended on the crime. Things such as murder, arson, incest, and rape were punished by death. Theft crimes required restitution, sometimes requiring the person to work as a slave. The lovers of women who committed adultery were stoned to death. Men who committed adultery were stoned to death if the woman they cheated with was also married.

The mayans main crop was Maize (corn) and the Arawaks main crop was Cassava. Hope this helped... This was a social difference.

A single king had complete controll

maize, corn, beans, chilies, peppers, squashes, tomatoes, avocados, and pumpkin

-Lawrence Salvador

There are 3 different Mayan Landforms.

1. Lowlands- Dry and flat with scrub forests. Along the eastern area of the Yucatan.

2. Central Lowlands- Lush Rainforests with high temperatures and frequent rain. Located in the Central part of Maya.

3. Highlands- The Western landforms in this area. Cooler temperatures and less rain. Area is just north of a volcanic mountain range just south.

Mayan criminals were sold into slavery.

They didn't. The Maya as a people still make up a sizable part of Mexico's population. In several regions - especially in the Yucatan area - the Maya language is still spoken and Maya traditions are still upheld. Only the Mayan religion has changed to Roman Catholic.

Both were governed by Emperors Both governed a vast number of states (that covered a huge geographical area) dominated by a central state. Both were unified as an empire but displayed cultural and ethnic diversity

The Maya were very intelligent. The Maya developed a calendar by using astronomy. They developed mathematics (including zero) and grew maize.

They invented a ball game that was a matter of life or death, literally. The rules were that the ball couldn't touch the ground and the players couldn't hit the ball with their hands and/or feet. The team that lost was killed and used a sacrifice.

They created rubber balls that came in soccer and baseball size. You had to get the ball into a small gold ring.

They made pyramids without using metal tools.

The Mayans were excellent farmers and grew many crops like corn and beans. It is believed that the Mayans used chocolate for money.

There were never any Incas in Mexico, as they were a people from South America.

The Aztecs were utterly destroyed, while several Mayan peoples still live in the southeastern states of Mexico, as well as Belize, Guatemala and el Salvador.

The Chichen Itza has 364 steps

there is 91 steps on each side

so,

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364

They are credited with discovering the concept of zero.