The afterlife is where all the souls go after their host dies‚ but it all depends on what that soul during its life to determine where it stay forever. The Ancient Greeks‚ Egyptians‚ and Mayans all believed that once you die your soul goes to a place either a paradise or hellish place. They were all separated by hundreds of years and were thousands of miles away on different continents. Oddly they all share the same beliefs on the afterlife. The Ancient Greeks believed that the soul good or bad
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The Mayan‚ Aztec and Incan civilizations each contributed major accomplishments to the world today. These accomplishments established them as advanced societies during their time. The Incans built a large road system‚ devised a complex irrigation system and developed their own language. The Mayans constructed the largest structure known until modern times‚ made drastic accomplishments in mathematics‚ studied astronomy and formed a calendar. The Aztecs built well-organized cities and developed a writing
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(especially the reservoirs) and Mayan agricultural strategies. Finally‚ do you think other factors may have also contributed to the Maya collapse? If so‚ explain why. Based on the Scarborough and Haugh readings‚ I believe that the likely cycle of events leading to the cultural demise were from bad or uninformed decision-making on agricultural strategies and infrastructure design strategies that positioned themselves to be heavily dependent on reservoirs for water. The Mayans made the decision to develop
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the Maya also had incredible number systems‚ such as the Arabic numeral system and Roman numerals‚ but none of them were as exact as the Maya. While the Maya had a massive trade system‚ extravagant architecture‚ and accurate calendars‚ their greatest achievement was their number system. However‚ the Mayan trade system was also quite extensive‚ thus making it grand as well. The system went around all the city-states and helped exchange their surplus of items for meager items. To trade was very difficult
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and how the temple was built. Kukulkan was one of the three gods the mayans thought to have created the earth. He was a serpent god who taught the mayans things such as civilization‚ agriculture‚ and medicine. For a brief time Kukulkan was on earth and went into the ocean telling the mayans that he would return later. The mayans thought the european settlers to be kukulkan which eventually led to the defeat of the mayans culture.
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The pyramids at Giza and the Mayan pyramids are interesting ancient artifacts that scholars have devoted their lives to. The two structures are alike and different in many ways including physical appearance‚ purpose‚ and permanence. For example‚ the pyramids physical appearances are more different than they are alike. The pyramids at Giza were solid stone‚ designed to be permanently sealed. Unlike the Egyptians‚ the Mayans had stairs on all four sides with 365 steps leading up to a “box-shaped”
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century. Describe the significance of Mayan architecture evidence in this temple in Tikal. The significance of Mayan architecture evidenced in this temple is that they were able to build temple out of stone‚ which was dedicated to gods and important rulers. The Mayan architecture has been called the richest of the New World because of great complexity of patterns and variety of media expressions. Document 2: This is a glyph form the Mayan calendar. What is the significance of this
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civilizations such as the Mayan‚ Inca‚ and Aztec civilizations. These three civilizations‚ all in similar ways‚ were able to become advanced for their time by using progressive versions of economy and writing systems. The Maya‚ Inca‚ and Aztec civilizations all used economy in their civilizations and it helped them all prosper in different ways. The Mayan civilization used economy to trade goods and gain profit. According to lines
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Damien Juarez ANTH 201 - 1001 Professor Hughes April 6‚ 2013 Mayan Research paper The Mayan civilization is all but a dull one. Mathematical geniuses‚ engineering wizards‚ an abundance of food‚ water‚ resources‚ and the nicest weather of the earth shines down on their native land in an almost perfect utopia. Yet‚ the majority of their population at the time seems to have mysteriously disappeared out of nowhere. However‚ the Mayan people are anything but extinct with their overall headcount around
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remains can also illustrate how social hierarchy plays a role in Maya ritual. The fact that Maya society was highly stratified has been well documented. Many archaeologists have argued that the Maya elite had more access to animal meat than the rest of Mayan society (Emery 2003; 2004; Hamblin 1984; Masson 1999). This has led to several arguments on how the presence of certain animals such as stingray spines might indicate elite rituals (Haines et al 2008; Maxwell 2000). Maya elites were not the only people
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