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Jenna, Derek, Willie, Slade

“The Maya glory and ruin: Saga of a civilization in three parts: The rise, the monumental splendor, and the collapse.”. Jenna, Derek, Willie, Slade. Mayan Culture. Everyday Life. Duties of Women Men Children. http:// www.dl.ket.org/humanities/arch/images/mayan.jpg. Farmers. Plots of Land

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Jenna, Derek, Willie, Slade

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  1. “The Maya glory and ruin: Saga of a civilization in three parts: The rise, the monumental splendor, and the collapse.” Jenna, Derek, Willie, Slade

  2. Mayan Culture

  3. Everyday Life • Duties of • Women • Men • Children http://www.dl.ket.org/humanities/arch/images/mayan.jpg

  4. Farmers • Plots of Land • Gardens • Communal Land • Irrigation Canals • Important Trees http://ancientworldstudies.pbworks.com/w/f/mayanfarmers.jpg

  5. Time • Priests • Solar System • Calendar • Religious Calendar http://home.timeframe-tv.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/mayan_calendar1.jpg

  6. Mayan gods • Mayan Beliefs • Mayan Priests http://www.maya12-21-2012.com/images/Mayan%20Calendar/calendar3ixchellogo.jpg

  7. Clothing • Men • Women • Ceremonies http://www.vagabondjourney.com/2008-1/08-1563-indigenous-mayan-clothing.JPG

  8. Beauty • Skull Deformation • Tattooing • Body Piercing • Body Paint • Filed Teeth • Crossed eyes http://www.blogiversity.org/blogs/cstanton/maya_skull_modification.jpg

  9. Extra Facts • Chocolate • Corn and the Human Race • Marigolds • Royalty and sacrifice • Milky Way • “Cigar” or sicar

  10. The rise of the Mayan empire

  11. Fire is Born Tikal (city similar to Waka) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikal http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs44/f/2009/112/1/2/Mayan_Warrior_by_picturefarm.jpg

  12. Waka’ (aka El Peru) http://www.archaeologywaka.org/archaeology.html

  13. Fire is Born had many monuments built in his honor all across the Mayan empire such as this one http://project10012007.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/fotomayariseandfall04.jpg

  14. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/maya/world.html

  15. http://frankburns.wordpress.com/2008/12/12/letter-12-from-belize-xunantunich-a-mayan-city/http://frankburns.wordpress.com/2008/12/12/letter-12-from-belize-xunantunich-a-mayan-city/

  16. Waka • Huge city with many monuments • Waka’s market • Exotic goods passed through Pottery from Waka tombs http://www.mesoweb.com/reports/waka2.html

  17. Waka as a Military City • Fire Is Born needed Waka for troops and as a military base • Get Tikal – get many surrounding cities • Waka’s ruler accepted Fire Is Born The City of Tikal http://www.postcarddestinations.com/Guatemala%20%26%20Honduras2/13atikalok.jpg

  18. Military Uniforms • Teotihuacan soldiers • Weapons • Armor • Peten (Tikal) soldiers • Weapons • Armor http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/xochicalco/xochicalco0908/xochicalco090800027/5368951-teotihuacan-warrior-rendered-in-temple-mural-style.jpg

  19. Conquering of Tikal • Traveled in canoes • Arrived in Tikal • Power over Tikal http://www.skyislandalliance.org/images/misc/san_pedro.jpg

  20. Post Fire Is Born Maya • No record of death – Fire Is Born • Waka recording of FIB arrival • Eventual cold war in the 16th century Etching from stone in Tikal http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2003/04/01/Images/quet-f12.jpg

  21. The Mayan Collapse How did this great civilization end? Overpopulation Environmental damage and natural disasters Earthquake or Hurricane

  22. Other possiblities Famine Drought Resources running out or growing scarce Deforestation and overuse of land

  23. Disease • Many Destructive wars • Tension and competitiveness between city states

  24. Mayan ruins

  25. References "Archaeology of the Ancient Maya." Home of the Waka Research Foundation. Aug. 2007. Web. 25 Apr. 2011. <http://www.archaeologywaka.org/archaeology.html>.Gugliotta, Guy. "Maya Rise and Fall." National Geographic Magazine. Aug. 2007. Web. 25 Apr. 2011. <http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/08/maya-rise-fall/gugliotta-text>.The William Penn Charter School, Sixth Grade. "Maya - Daily Life." Kidsnewsroom.org: Providing Children with a Safe, Kid-friendly Internet Site. Web. 25 Apr. 2011. <http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infocentral/frameset/civilizations/maya/daily/index.html>.

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