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Location
• Yucatan Peninsula• Mexican and Central American
rainforest
Modern-day countries include
• Mexico• Guatemala• Honduras and Belize
Important Cities
• Chichén Itzá, the premier city-state
Economy
• Based on agriculture (irrigation) and trade
Government
• Collection of city-states ruled by one king
• Upper class– Priests– Nobles– Warriors
Government (continued)
• Everyone else were peasants– paid taxes to king (corn)
• No rights for women
Religion
• Polytheism• Pyramids• Priest preoccupied with time• Human sacrifices
Achievements
• Hieroglyphics• Complex calendar system• Astronomy• Number system
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