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    Mayan Civilisation

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    Who were the Mayans and how did their society structure? The Mayans were an advance Mesoamerican civilization. The term Maya used to describe people who share the same history‚ religion‚ culture‚ and language. Unlike the Inca or the Aztecs‚ the Maya were not one unified empire The Maya created a complex society that includes literature‚ art‚ mathematics‚ astronomy and scientific calendar. The Maya civilization began to develop through pre-classic and classic period. In the early pre-classic

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    The Mayan Calendar

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    In the technological discovery of the Mayan Calendar; which has been in use since the 1st Century BC and is still in use today‚ the coding and de-coding of key dates and times from Gregorian to Mayan‚ or vice versa‚ and how theses dates are coded are all obstacles that have been faced. Although‚ the process does impose quite a few restrictions upon whoever is trying to decipher it. With this being said‚ the Mayan’s created a very technical and in-depth process for figuring out the day‚ month and

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    Mayan Doomsday

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    might ask well they are “The Mayans!” With this date arriving in next five years‚ must hurry up to look where this prophecy came from‚ who this people really are and is there any other sources of this date of destruction. Therefore‚ when this date arrives mankind can have other chance to forgo the end world once more‚ but most of all that Christmas present haven’t gone to waste! What if someone was going to say that the current calendar is inaccurate than the Mayan nation who mysteriously disappear

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    Mayan Culture

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    Culture Outline Topic: Mayan Culture General Purpose: To Inform I. When I thought about this speech at the beginning I thought to myself what would be an interesting culture to research? A. Well after a little googling… I decided to go with the culture that is considered to be the Jewel of all ancient American cultures and one of the greatest cilvilations‚ the Maya culture. B. I had some questions about the Maya Culture and they go as follows… C. Who were the Maya people? What were they all

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    Mayan Weaving

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    Mayan Weaving Mayan women have been weaving for over two thousand years. When a daughter is born the midwife will take the baby at three weeks of age and run small weaving instruments through the baby’s fingers and hands praying that they will become a good weaver to maintain tradition. In Guatemala weaving is still a part of everyday life for the women. Weavings are used for exchange‚ tribute‚ payments and gifts. The Mayan women would weave clothing for their families. Mayan women would weave

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    Mayan Calendars

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    calendars to reflect time within their cultures? Well since many researchers have discovered many different types of calendars throughout time and been used differently than other due to culture or belief. The three most popular calendars are the Mayan calendar and the Eygtian Calendars (Source 1). The Egyptian Calendar has been around for many years and was used to count the days in the years. As our calendar we have 365 days in a year‚ the Egyptian calendar has 354 days in a year (source 1)

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    mayan society

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    Mayan Temple During the time of the Mayan Temple one thing that was very important was sacrifice. They did sacrifice by cutting themselves sometimes and they used by killing other people. Also human sacrifice was a central Mayan religion. It was believed to encourage fertility‚ demonstrate piety‚ and propitiate the gods. The Mayan gods were thought to be nourished by human blood‚ and ritual bloodletting was seen as the only means of making contact with them. The Maya believed that if they neglected

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    The Mayan Empire

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    http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/09/maya-empire-snake-kings-dynasty-mesoamerica/ The Mayan Empire stretched from an estimated 525 A.D. to 1300 A.D. Hundreds of research expeditions and excavation teams have been sent out into the ruins of temples and pyramids from this era‚ in search of what happened in that almost 10 century time period of the first documented history of the Mayan Empire. Throughout its time the empire had several different dynasties and rulers overseeing and conquering

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    Mayan Accomplishments

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    The Mayans are one of the most interesting and mysterious history civilizations out there. Nobody knows where they came from‚ how they managed to build their amazing stone cities in the rainforest without any stone tools‚ or why they seemed to die out at around 900 ce. Their accomplishments in astronomy and the understanding of time were great‚ and their cities were breathtaking. Like I said before‚ nobody know exactly when or where the Mayans came from. While their original history is shrouded

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    Mayan Cosmology

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    This process was how the Mayan went through many gods before creating humans. The Mayan failed to create real people many times. The farthest the Mayan got to was discovering the separation of the sky and Earth. They lived in a belief that they lived inside a god who provided food‚ water‚ and all the tools they needed to make clothing‚ housing‚ or hunting tools. The ancient Mayan though‚ all shared the same idea of the universe. Believing that every

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