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Mayan

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MAYAN

BY: IZZY AND SHELBY

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
Photo by squesada70

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.
Photo by vaticanus

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
Photo by guillermogg

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.
Photo by jjjj56cp

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.
Photo by stevendepolo

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.
Photo by Marion Doss

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
Photo by joannapoe

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