Aim: Explain Maya Beliefs and Achivements

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Aim: Explain Maya Beliefs and Achivements

Maya Create City-States Homeland of the Maya stretched from southern Mexico into northern Central America 250-900 CE: Classical Period of Maya Maya built spectacular cities such as Tikal (Guatemala) Maya cities featured giant pyramids, temples, palaces, & stone carvings dedicated to the gods and rulers Agriculture and trade support cities Maya city-states linked through alliances & trade Cities exchanged local products (salt, flint, feathers, shells, & honey) 2

Religion Shapes Maya Life Religion influenced most aspects of Maya life Believed in many gods (Corn, death, rain, & war) Gods could be good or evil Gods associated with 4 directions with different colors (white=north, red=east) Maya made offerings of food, flowers & incense Pierced bodies and offered their blood Maya did carry out human sacrifice Maya religious beliefs led to developments in math, astronomy & calendar Developed 260 day religious calendar Calculated 365 solar year 3

Written Language Preserves History Maya developed most advanced writing system in ancient Americas Writings consisted of 800 hieroglyphic symbols (Glyphs) Used writing system to record important historical events and recording them in a codex Bark paper book 4

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