Mayan Influence On The Mayans

In the West Indies, there were several different types of tribes. And every tribe was different in their own way, each tribe had there one religion, beliefs, gods, language and way of living. A tribe such as the Maya Tribe was a really large group of Indians who lived around the regions of Central America to Mexico. The Mayans were known as a peaceful and well civilized group with a not so understandable alphabet but an amazing knowledge of science (astronomy) and mathematics. The Mayans were divided in three areas and each area possessing their own culture: the northern Maya tribe in the Yucatan Peninsula, the southern Mayans in the Peten district of northern Guatemala, and the southern Mayans in the mountainous region of southern Guatemala.
250 and 900, a time now that the archeologists call the “Classic’’ period where their regions spread around Central America. The Mayan civilization was a population with diverse perks: culturally, and artistically. At their time no other civilization could reach their level especially because of their high economy and their trade system at that time. What influenced the Mayans to evolve their cities like this, was the city located on the west called Teotihuacan. But the thing about the cities controlled by the Mayans, which was a patrilineal power for over 12 generations, had their own individual wonders that made them special and unique in their own way. A city such as Tikal is known for their construction of pyramids which started in the early A.D. 672. The Mayans pyramid had their own style which was flat-topped, built adjacent to each other and contain a staircase on each side. Tikal wasn’t the only city owned by the Mayans that possessed such constructions. Other cities such as Copan which is now for its “Temple of the Hieroglyphic Stairway” with 2,000 glyphs embellished on a flight of 63 steps and another city called Palenque known for its soft limestone sculpture and their incredible burial of ‘Pakal’ (Mayan king who died at the age of 80, buried along 5 other human
The Mayans learned ‘slash and burn’ agriculture, meaning they cut down a forest place and burned the trees. They collected crops in May and harvest hem in November. Farmers from the Mayan civilization also drained swamp areas for farming. Maize was the selling food in trades, but they also cultivated things like beans, chilies, sweet potatoes and squashes. For fruit they grew papaya, watermelon and avocadoes. In hunting, Mayans killed and ate animals such as deer, turkeys, dogs, wild pigs, and some sort of a rodent called agouti and they also fished. They also made things like honey, chocolate and an alcoholic drink called