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Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?

Do Now:

Based on this image what could you say about the civilization that built this?

HW: If a Mayan were to come back to Latin America today what would they find different today.

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?

I. Mayan Civilization (1000 BC- 1500 AD)

A. GeographyLocated in today’s Mexico, at the Yucatan Peninsula

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?

2. Most of their land was flat and tropical a. good for farming b. and living conditions

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?

B. Major Accomplishments

1. Large Pyramids were constructed to worship the Sun god.

2. Human Sacrifices conducted atop the temples

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?

3. Mayas developed a 364 day calendar based upon movements of the sun

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?

4. A system of picture writing developed that was similar to Egyptian hieroglyphics

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?

Answer #s 1-5 below.

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?

The Mayans300-900 AD

I. Geography1. Mexico

A. Yucatan Peninsula Tenochtitlan2. Good for farming – tropical & flat.

II. Accomplishments1. Religion

A. The Sun GodB. Temples pyramid-like buildings.C. Human sacrifice.

2. AstronomyA. Built observatories.B. Calendar based on movements of the sun.

3. Hieroglyphs – system of picture writing.

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?

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Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?