Ancient Mayans By Tristan Navajo

Geography 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.

Re Mayan Religion 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.

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 System The 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.

Economics The 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 Structure Ancient 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 Human blood had been replaced by chicken blood

One Paragraph about Ancient Mayans 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.

Quick Quiz Questions 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?

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 answers 1) 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