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Aim What were the achievements of the Mayan
Civilization?

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• Based on this image what could you say about the
  civilization that built this?

HW If a Mayan were to come back to Latin America
today what would they find different today.
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I. Mayan Civilization (1000 BC- 1500 AD)
A. Geography Located in todays Mexico, at the
Yucatan Peninsula
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2. Most of their land was flat and tropical a.
good for farming b. and living conditions
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B. Major Accomplishments
2. Human Sacrifices conducted atop the temples
1. Large Pyramids were constructed to worship the
Sun god.
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3. Mayas developed a 364 day calendar based upon
movements of the sun
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4. A system of picture writing developed that was
similar to Egyptian hieroglyphics
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Answer s 1-5 below.
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• The Mayans
• 300-900 AD
• Geography
• Mexico
• Yucatan Peninsula ? Tenochtitlan
• Good for farming tropical flat.
• Accomplishments
• Religion
• The Sun God
• Temples ? pyramid-like buildings.
• Human sacrifice.
• Astronomy
• Built observatories.
• Calendar based on movements of the sun.
• Hieroglyphs system of picture writing.

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Mayan Glyphs
sky king house child
city
Mayan Mathematics
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