Chichen Itza By: Malik Rivera

Who The Mayan civilization built the first half of it The Toltec civilization is also thought to have built it

What Has many buildings in it like the Observatory, Kukulcan's Pyramid, the Temple of the Warriors, The Ball Court, and The Group of the Thousand Columns It means “at the mouth of the well of Itza”.. Most well known construction on site is the Kukulcan's Pyramid (one of the seven wonders of the world). The Kukulcan's Pyramid (in the picture to the right) has 365 steps just like the 365 days in a year.

Where Yucatan Peninsula Northeast part of Yucatan, Mexico. Midway between Merida and Cancun 75 miles (120 kilometers) east of Merida Positioned to a regional sacred geography

When First part - 7th and 10th century at this time it was a very big ceremonial center Second part - late 10th century and early 13th century

Why The Kukulcan Pyramid represents the Mayan Calendar because it has 91 steps on each side and 1 step at the top for all of them. That’s 365 and all the days in a year It also has 52 panels in nine terraces, 52 represents the number of years in the Mayan Calendar. The Cenote of Sacrifice was used for sacrificing humans to the rain god .

How The Chichen Itza was built with lots of stones. It was very well crafted back then because the Mayans were very skilled artist. It is also suggest that the Mayans when building the Chichen Itza did not use metal cutting tools.

Past The Ball Court was used for a game and the team that sometimes lost got killed. The Observatory was built to help them study astronomy. The Kukulcan Pyramid was used to represent the calendar. Also the Kukulcan Pyramid during the fall and spring equinoxes the serpents at the bottom of it light up and looks like serpents are going down it.

Present Tourist attraction and one of the most visited archeological attractions in Mexico.

How it shapes life in that country today These monuments bring in lots of money every year to the country and it helps out the economy in Mexico.

Works Citied http://www.netshaman.com/maya/chichen.html http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/meso_america/chichenitza.html http://www.sacredsites.com/americas/mexico/chichen-itza-facts.html http://www.chichenitza.com/ http://archaeology.about.com/od/archaeologic7/ig/Chichen-Itza/ http://www.mysteriousplaces.com/mayan/Observatory.html http://www.world-mysteries.com/chichen_kukulcan.htm