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    What about the Mayan tribes greatest achievement. There are many things that the Maya had achieved such as architecture‚ calendars‚ mathematics‚ and trade routes. While living in what is now known as modern day Mexico. People have many different opinions on what the Mayans greatest achievement was‚ but I think the greatest achievement is architecture. I think the Mayans greatest achievement was architecture because of the scale‚ physical effort‚ and genius. Scale is what the Mayans where obviously

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    Civil War and its role with Mayan Genocide After researching the Guatemalan Civil War‚ and the circumstances in the country leading up to the genocide of Mayan Indians‚ it is clear that this unfortunate event was preventable. A war that began because of economic and political inequality. The Guatemalan Civil War triggered more than 200‚000 casualties‚ 83 percent of those deaths being Mayan Indians‚ throughout the span of 36 years. (Miller‚ 2011). The fall of the Mayans came a while before the actual

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    I think that the Mayan creation story‚ has many similarities to Judo-Christian versions of the creation story. For example the creation story that is included in the bible is set over a series of days. The Mayan creation story takes place over a series of days. One part that stood out to me as very similar was that the last day in both man was created. In the Mayan version it is referred to the birth of life and man is created. In the Judo-Christian version man is created when Adam and Eve were created

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    The Mexican pre-conquest world consisted of several different civilization‚ the Maya and the Aztec being the two most prominent. The Maya and the Aztec‚ while very similar‚ both dominated Mesoamerica at a certain time. The Maya dominated from 600 B.C. to A.D. 900‚ the Aztecs ruled from 1345 to 1521. These pre-conquest civilizations have developed political‚ economic‚ and social structures that will be compared. The Aztecs are considered Mesoamericans strongest civilization. The Mayas political

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    Basketball playing baboons‚ a cat goddess‚ and little talking dolls are what make a book a great book.The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan is amazing because it is a fantasy and an adventure. With only 516 pages this chapter book is very thrilling and great for any kind of readers. The story is told in 3rd person point of view which is great if you like to see the characters thoughts‚ actions‚ and their statements throughout the book. Anyone can enjoy this book as long as you stay committed to read it

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    interpretation of content of images‚ hieroglyphic writing and their mathematical and astronomical knowledge (Hawkins‚ Jaurique‚ & Ortiz-Sánchez‚ 2016).Their main source of food economy was agriculture. Mayan farmers produced crops such as‚ corn‚ beans‚ and squash and the trade of these products was the basis for the Mayan economy.

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    civilizations; Aztec‚ Inca‚ and Mayan; the Mayan civilization is the best. With extensive and elaborate architecture‚ intellectual level‚ and achievements‚ the Mayan civilization was top notch. With so much intellectual knowledge over the others‚ the Mayans are a clear choice. First you will learn about architecture‚ next the calendar and writing‚ and finally government. The Mayans of the three civilizations‚ have the most elaborate and impressive architecture. With soaring pyramids and ornate structure.

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    The Aztecs civilization and the Mayan civilization where the most important civilizations from the new world that amazed many of the Europeans that came to conquer this wonderful rich land. The Europeans where amazed with the Aztec and Mayan culture‚ their ways of life‚ their geographical surroundings and their technology. The Europeans and historians today find that the Aztecs and the Mayans where similar in some ways of life like their culture‚ their technology‚ their religious events and at the

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    KIPP-2016-NEU Social Study Mayan Research Paper Did you know that Mayan civilization left back beautiful landmarks they made with their advanced technology? The Mayan spread throughout Mexico‚ Belize‚ El Salvador‚ Honduras and Guatemala. They Mayans had really advanced technology to look at the sky and be able to make calendars. They were able to observe the sky and make inferences. The Mayan civilization was different from any other civilization. Mayan civilizations should be taught in

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    The Mayans had two different types of weather.Therefore there were two different types of climates/ settings.In one part of the Mayan civilization they had a place that was known as the high lands .This was mainly on southern Guatemala .So that the Mayans could make crops here and live they would make terraces.Another place the Mayans civilization were the low lands this was on some parts of Guatemala as well as Beliz‚ and mexico.Th last place the Mayans lived on were the rainforests these had very

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