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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An evaluation of the merits of targeting customers at the “bottom of the pyramid”. In what sectors and in which ways‚ if any‚ do the considerations raised by this approach alter the strategies of multinational corporations selling into emerging markets? Graduate Institute of International Studies‚ Geneva May 2007 Maja Rüegg May 2007 International Business Second Assignment The income pyramid in emerging markets can be divided in four segments: From top down‚ it contains
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The Mayan Civilization By Muhammad Mustafa Topic I: The Mayans I. Early Settlements a. By 1500 B.C.‚ Mayans settled in villages‚ farmed‚ and traded. 1. They built temples in villages by 500 B.C.‚ became cities. II. Social Structure a. Most of them lived in city-states‚ and formed social structures. 1. King were at the top‚ then noble class of priests‚ leading warriors‚ 2. Then merchants and artisans‚ then farmers‚ 3. At the bottom were slaves‚ most of them
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population comprised of 48% Hispanic‚ 36 % black‚ 11 % white‚ and 6% other. Unfortunately‚ these statistics are not further broken down to represent the large Mayan and Haitian population present at Lake Worth. Approximately 90% of the black population is Haitian and 20 percent of the Hispanic population is Guatemalan‚ speaking various Mayan languages‚ making parent contact nearly impossible‚ as there is only one Q’anjob’al‚ and Mam translator for the district. About 20 percent of my parents speak
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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 each day of the year. They also demonstrated their knowledge of astronomy through the autumn and
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world‚ speak itzan fluently? But who are the Itza people? The Itzan are one of the few surviving tribes of the Mayan people but they are also shrouded in mystery. No one knows exactly what they believe or how they came to be there. There are a few legends but none tell of the Itzas descent from the Mayans. The Itzans survived Spanish conquest until 1697‚ almost 2 centuries after most Mayan tribes and people had been integrated into mission towns‚ fled‚ or been killed. The 1‚983 people of itzan descent
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the truth about the Mayan civilization. The Mayans built numerous majestic temples as “ceremonial centers”‚ and lived in harmony with surrounding civilizations‚ or so researchers thought. Throughout time more information and new evidence has changed our history‚ as the truth about the Mayan civilization was revealed. Researchers have now deciphered the secrets of the Maya‚ by deciphering Tikal‚ the center of the Mayan civilization. Upon deciphering Tikal‚ or deciphering the Mayan writing‚ which was
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course establish two centres of authority in the Americas “Mexico (which they called New Spain) and Peru (known as New Castile)” (Source12) There was also mandatory conversion to Christianity. There was a stage when Provincial Landa found that the Mayans had ongoing idolatry‚ which led to the arrest of thousands of natives who were suspected on idolatry and Landa supervised the torture of “...more than 4‚500 people over the course of three months; many were tortured to death” (Source 8); idols where
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come to mind is pyramids‚ mummies‚ camels and a sandy desert. There is much more to Egypt and its history then what people think. Historians know a lot more about the wealthy people of Egypt then about the ordinary people because the monuments were made for the rich and influential. The pyramids of Egypt represent these wealthy people and the leaders throughout their history‚ known as Pharaohs. Throughout Egypt’s history there was the rise of the Pharaohs‚ the building of pyramids‚ and the impact
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They are descendents from the Mayan Indian tribe. 3. What is their town like? Their town is typical‚ church on one side and the government building facing the other. The area is very rocky; people use the rocks to build. 4. What does Suemi’s father do for a living? Suemi’s father makes wooden bowls. 5. Describe the ruins that Suemi and her family visited. The ruins that Suemi and her family visit are called Uxmal. It is a tribute to the Mayan culture‚ its very ancient and impressive
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