ancient mayans

Ancient Mayans

By Tristan Navajo

The mayan civilization began in 2,600 b.c and lived around present day

Mexico,Guatemala, northern Belize,and western Honduras.By 250 b.c the ancient

Maya were at the peak of power. The Mayans had no king ruling their huge empire instead they had 20 separate

areas.

Geography

The Mayan religion was a pantheon nature of gods, each of which had a both benevolent side and a malevolent side.The most important deity was the supreme god Itzamna. the creator God, the God of fire and God of earth.

Re Mayan Religion

Achievements

The Mayans were experts at astronomy and knew when a solar eclipse would take place. They were also experts at growing crops and grew vegetables in unfavorable places.

Political SystemThe political system in the Mayan civilization is they had rulers and a ruling class. Their political system was complex. Their kings were powerful and claimed to be descended from Gods and the planets.

EconomicsThe economics in the Mayan civilization was more of a trading civilization. The Mayans were experts in agriculture.In ancient Maya they mostly ate vegetables and fruits not much meat. They did eat some fish.

Social StructureAncient Mayans had four social classes. The four classes are:nobles, priests, commoners-farmers, craftsmen, and slaves. The social structure worked because the lower classes believed the upper classes had been given the right to rule by the Gods.

Quick Facts

Did you know that Ancient Mayans had excellent doctors?

Today some Mayans do blood sacrifice ceremonies. Human blood had been replaced by chicken blood

I liked how big the Ancient Mayan civilization was. There are similarities between Ancient Mayans and Navajo’s. The Mayans used salt during birth’s and deaths. Upper class Mayans used baby boards to flatten babies heads and they dangles objects around babies heads to make them cross eyed.

One Paragraph aboutAncient Mayans

1) What are the four Mayan social classes?

2) Does the Mayan civilization exist today?

3) What did upper class Mayans use to cross their newborn babies eyes?

4) When did the Mayans use salt?

5) How many empires did the Mayans have?

Quick Quiz Questions

Bibliography

WEBSITES

mayas.mr donn.com, digitalmeesh.com, archeology.about.com, mey connect.com, religion facts.com,and buzzle.com

books:Maya Arts and Crafts of Guatemala Marilyn Anderson    

Quiz answers1) The four classes are:nobles, priests, merchants, and slaves.

2)The Mayans exist today and live in present day Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala.

3) The upper class would dangle an object in front of newborn until babies eyes were crossed.

4)The mayans use salt when a baby is born.

5)The mayans had 20 empires