1. Mayans

2. Location
Yucatan Peninsula
Mexico and Guatemala CE

3. Government City-states Theocracy King Social classes:
Nobility, priests, warriors
Merchants
Peasants

4. Technology Calendar Astronomy Mathematics
Religious and solar calendars
Astronomy
Calculated a year to days
Mathematics
Number zero

5. Language Used 800 Hieroglyphics symbols known as glyphs
Recorded important historical events
Codex- books

6. Religion Polytheistic Prayed, offered blood Sacrificed enemies
Pyramids and temples
Believed each day was a god

7. Economy Based on trade and agriculture
Sometimes used cocoa beans for money

8. Downfall Mysteriously abandoned cities in 800 Warfare?
Food shortage/famine?