Ritual Sacrifice In The Mayan Civilization

The citations relate to the hypothesis due to the fact that the Mayans used the Ball game as a replacement for warfare, settling territory and issues, and to predict the future. Captives or prisoners of wars were forced to play games that resulted in their sacrifice when they lost against an opponent. The Mayan Ball game would go on for days and was apart of the Mayans faith. These games could go on for days, and the first person to score was usually decided who to sacrifice.

Reasoning: The Mayans have played the ball game in order to see which team or people would get sacrificed to please their gods in order to have their gods pleased with them, and to thrive in their society. Captives or prisoners from wars were usually the individuals
They sacrificed humans and animals such as turkeys, crocodiles, iguanas, and jaguars. Similar to the Aztecs, the Mayans have done done this as an attempt to appease their gods. Slaves, criminals, captive, orphans and children made up of most of the victims in which got sacrificed.

Reasoning: The Mayans sacrificed their people to appease their gods which would lead them to endure, and sustain their civilization. The Maya used ritual sacrifices as a massive role in the Mayan civilization. such as turkeys, crocodiles, iguanas, and jaguars. Similar to the Aztecs, the Mayans have done this as an attempt to allow their gods to please them. In fact, criminals, slaves, and children made up of most of the individuals in which got sacrificed. The Mayans sacrificed animals such as turkeys, crocodiles, iguanas, and jaguars.

The citations relate to the hypothesis due to the fact that the Maya thrived for thousands of years and positively influenced us in the present time. The Mayans had an immensely strong and powerful civilization which helped them thrive. Based off of their years on Earth, the Mayans abundantly won over some enemies. The Mayans accomplished some change of technological advances by strengthening the
Everyone and everything had their strengths and weaknesses except for their gods. For example, the Mayans were very advanced in writing and communicating with others. They were advanced because they were able to get new ideas and thoughts out to others besides using verbal language. It was a fully developed writing system that was what got them to be acknowledged. Mayan religion might conclude others that they were not advanced. Unfortunately, the Mayan culture revolved around religion, which led to them sacrificing one another, which is neither humane nor relevant to us now. But it was just a belief, just like we believe that watching the news or mourning for the dead is important for us. But religion has also brought them to develop technology and beautiful architecture like temples and palaces for their religious beliefs like the