MAYAN

MAYAN CULTER AND HISTORY

• Then: Yucatan Peninsula Now: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras
• From 40,000 - 70,000 people are fully dedicated to the Mayan Culture

RELIGION

• Astrology & ancestors included Xibalba
• Xibalba is the belief of the world, heavens,& underworld.
• Xibalba mixed with Catholicism is "folk Catholicism"= there true religion today.

MAYAN CLOTHING

• It's bright and vibrant
• Use materials near them
• Every day dresses include loincloth
• Men wore huipil ( long skirt) paired with a quechquemit
• Always wore there hair up in a bun
• When they played the ball game they wore yoke
• Yoke is a horse shoe shaped rubber belt

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Stela: a large piece of stone that the Mayan's used to craft to put symbols or designs of meanings on.
• Ball Game: a game used for sudden death or to handle disagreements. Where they hit a mettle ball off of there hip or leg to shot into a hole. The loser is killed or other bad consequences.

MAYAN FOOD

• Hunted monkey, wild turkey, deer, iguanas, frogs, snaked, bugs, and duck
• Made a version of bloody Mary's called Michelle
• Painted gords or serve food in
• Ate bug tacos
• Almost ate tadpoles and cactus every day for unch

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• The first to discover the value of zero and its importance to math.
• They invented Herbal Medicine
• They also invented they making of chocolate.

THE END OF MAYAN CIVILIZATION

• The end of the Mayans started in the 250 A.D and lasted till 900 A.D
• It took series of events for the Mayans to brake apart.
• The studies are still unsure about the real cause of there separation.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST

• The Aztecs do not eat meat & the Mayans eat all kind of meat from monkey to dear.
• Both Aztecs and Mayans believe in the gods & the heavens.
• The Aztecs civilization was striped away from them in 521 A.D.(this happened a year after there ruler was assassinated ). However the Mayans started to go down in 250 but ended in 900 A.D.

MAYAN QUESTIONS

• Question: Why did the Aztecs die quickly vice versa the Mayans?
• Connection: Izzy saw the Mayan ruins in Mexico
• Comment: It is cool how the invented chocolate

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