MAYAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE Art for the Mayans was a reflection of their lifestyle and culture. For the Mayans art took several forms including: painting paper‚ plaster‚ carvings in wood and store‚ clay‚ stucco models‚ and terra cotta figurines from molds. Metal was very scarce and so it wasn’t commonly used. Mayan Art during the period‚ 200 to 900 has been considered the most sophisticated and beautiful of the New World. There is few remaining Mayan Art‚ which includes funerary pottery‚ ceramics
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Genocide in the Mayan Highlands “They took them one by one to a ravine that was about twenty meters from where we were. We heard shots‚ screams and crying.”- Jesús Tecú Osorio. This was a testimony given by one on the survivors of the Guatemalan genocide of the Mayan highlands. The Guatemalan government used its counter insurgency force‚ to put pressure upon the Mayans who claimed they were starting a communist group. The Mayans natural allies the guerrillas added to the uprising human rights violations
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LIttle River Valley Civilizations Compare and Contrast Essay September 28‚ 2014 The Nile River Valley Civilization started at the northernmost peak of the Nile River‚ the Indus River Valley Civilization started along the south-western part of the Indus River. These civilizations Originated around 3000 BCE due to the Neolithic Revolution. These civilizations became important largely because of their agriculture developments. From 3100 BCE to 1900 BCE‚ the Indus River Valley Civilization and the Nile River
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The Mayans and the Aztecs were two separate tribes with many similarities. The social classes of the Mayan tribe had three main groups: the nobles‚ the middle class‚ and the regular commoners. The nobles were people who descended from powerful families such as the king‚ priests‚ and high officials. The majority of the Mayan society was made up of the middle class‚ which was formed by the higher- ranking commoners and the lower- ranking lords. The basic social unit in the Mayan society was the extended
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The Han Dynasty and the Roman Empire vary in their political development and achievements. The Roman’s developed two different codes of law‚ one that applied to citizens and another that applied to non-citizens. Rome’s trade routes were built using stone‚ which made it very easy for merchants to travel from one city to another over a vast amount of land. China‚ however‚ used a single code of law for all their citizens and conquered peoples‚ and used a long and treacherous trail in their trade; that
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had come from the Maya‚ Inca‚ and Aztec Empires. Each civilization was greatly advanced in the topics agriculture‚ writing‚ and engineering and astronomy. Astronomy was one of the greatest achievements of the Mayan Empire. The Mayan Empire knew how many days were in a year and showed that they knew fall spring equinox. They demonstrated their knowledge of astronomy on their Pyramid of Kukulkan which they built their city around. The Mayan had 365 steps leading up the pyramid of Kukulkan one for
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Maya‚ women had an important role in society‚ beyond just spreading culture through the raising of children. Recent studies show that women were more central to Mayan society than previously believed. During the Classical era‚ certain women held power as rulers in their cities. They also served as priestesses in various sites. The Mayan women involved themselves in economy‚ agriculture ‚ and government. They had the opportunity to take part in politics. According to myth‚ the god Quetzalcoatl traveled
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The Mayan‚ Aztec‚ and Inca civilizations brought major accomplishments to the world today. These accomplishments established them as advanced societies during their time without the influence of Europe‚ Asia‚ and the Middle East. Some of these accomplishments ranged from agriculture to architecture and on to writing and trade. Such as‚ the Mayans with their agriculture system of chinampas and there monumental temple/pyramids‚ the Aztecs with their trading in the city of Tenochtitlan‚ and the Incas
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The Mayan‚ Aztec‚ and Inca were way far advance for their time. They were all thriving well. They were all advance although they still had their differences and similarities. The similarities of the Mayans‚ Aztecs‚ and Incas were their hierarchical system‚ language‚ and mathematical system. The Mayan’s hierarchal system was divided by their class‚ which could be; King‚ Noble‚ Middle class‚ and slaves. The Mayans were also divided by what their jobs were if you were a priest or commoner then you
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Classical China and India have some differences‚ but the civilizations also have many similarities such as both having a caste system‚ something that has many differences and similarities are both China and India’s religion. Government is another thing influenced both Classical China and India. Both India and China has a caste system but the systems are not the same‚ they have a few differences. In India a person born into a caste can never change caste or mixed with members of other castes
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