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The Mayans

The Great Spiritual Society. The Mayans. The Mayan Landscape. The Mayan Landscape. Emerged between 300 BC and 250 AD Their advancement in writing, astronomy and architecture was well developed by 600AD. The Mayan Society. A group of smaller territories

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The Mayans

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  1. The Great Spiritual Society The Mayans

  2. The Mayan Landscape

  3. The Mayan Landscape • Emerged between 300 BC and 250 AD • Their advancement in writing, astronomy and architecture was well developed by 600AD

  4. The Mayan Society • A group of smaller territories • Each territory was ruled by one city and one supreme leader • Supreme Leader had a council • Warfare territories was common

  5. The Mayan Society • At centre of cities were plazas and large pyramids or temples • these are ruins we see today • Used for ceremony and events

  6. Mayan Cities: Copan (Honduras)

  7. Mayan Cities: Chichen Itza (Mexico)

  8. Mayan Cities: Palenque (Mexico)

  9. Mayan Cities: Tulum (Mexico)

  10. Mayan Cities: Tikal (Guatemala)

  11. Mayan Hierarchy • Supreme Leader • Noble and Religious Leaders • Farmers, Artisans and Vendors • Slaves

  12. Mayan Technology • Mayans did not have metal tools, only wood and stone (sometimes bone) • Writing was done in books made from fig tree bark, as well as, pottery

  13. Mayan Religion • They were polytheists (many gods) • God of Sun was most important • Priests did fortune telling and carried out sacrifices • Prisoners used for sacrifice • Sometimes forced to play a ball game, then sacrificed.

  14. The Mayan Calendar (The Long Count)

  15. The Mayan Downfall • Civilization started to decline in 900AD • Forest cities were abandoned but difficult to determine why • Perhaps battle, drought, flooding

  16. The Mayan Downfall • North and South territories were first to collapse, central stayed strong • In 1520, conquistadors began overcoming territories and destroyed the remaining cities • Burned Mayan books and pottery making Mayan history less easy to understand

  17. The Great Spiritual Society The Mayans

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