What Are The Benefits Of Mayan Culture

Culture is the social behavior and norms found in human societies, it consists of a group of people with its language, region, cuisine, social habits, music, and arts. Cultures have been around for many centuries and people continue to practice some type of culture on a daily basis. Many people benefit from remedies, foods, arts, language, mathematics, agriculture, and science that aid with survival. A particular culture called Maya civilization began in the early A.D. 200-900 and contribute many benefits to society. This research paper will contain a variety of information regarding the history and practices the Maya civilization contributed and continue to contribute to many people and many countries.
History
The Maya civilization was one
They also had body imaging values in which the modified there physical in order to portray their status. Another value Mayan’s had was trade and empowerment, they also valued the knowledge of growth. They valued record keeping which was essential for them because it helped them calculated the appropriate time and season, this helped then known when was a good time to harvest or perform agriculture. Additionally, by recording the movements of the sky (sun, moon, planets, and stars), they developed accurate calendars that could be used for prophecy (, 2018). The Maya’s based their knowledge of records and made predictions for example, in their calendar they predicted the end of the world. Mayan’s also valued body imaging and modification, by practicing teeth sharpening, or they would get shapes or gems implanted or carved in their teeth to show their status as nobility (Maya Culture Values and Religion, 2018). Finally, Mayan’s also valued trade and empowerment. Although Mayan’s did not have a currency, Maya rulers managed the production and distributions, and also controlled the limited resources. According to Jarus, the Maya rulers did not rule alone but were served by attendants and advisers who occasionally appear in Maya art
Maya people believed that Gods could help them but can also harm them, they also believed in animal gods. For example, they believed that each God living or not living had animal and that once dead they could convert into that animal. If the God was powerful enough the God could have more than 1 animal or if the God was a priest it could own more than one animal. According to an article named Maya religion, the Mayas believed that the world was created by one deer, and that deer created the mother and father gods, and they then created the rest of the gods, they also believed in three different spiritual regions which were strongly related to the heavens, the earth, and the waters of the underworld (2018). Maya’s had two types of temples one was sacred in which people were not allowed inside the temple or pyramids and did not have steps. In the second type of temple people performed rituals and scarifies, the Maya people would climb at the top of the temple and the priest would perform the sacrifices which involved blood-letting ceremony. According to Jarus, the Maya believed that each person had a "life force," and draining a person's blood in a temple could provide some of this life force to a god