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Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?. Do Now: Based on this image what could you say about the civilization that built this?. HW : If a Mayan were to come back to Latin America today what would they find different today. I. Mayan Civilization (1000 BC- 1500 AD).
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Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization? Do Now: Based on this image what could you say about the civilization that built this? HW: If a Mayan were to come back to Latin America todaywhat would they find different today. Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?
I. Mayan Civilization (1000 BC- 1500 AD) A. Geography Located in today’s Mexico, at the Yucatan Peninsula Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?
2. Most of their land was flat and tropical a. good for farming b. and living conditions Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?
B. Major Accomplishments 2. Human Sacrifices conducted atop the temples 1. Large Pyramids were constructed to worship the Sun god. Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?
3. Mayas developed a 364 day calendar based upon movements of the sun Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?
4. A system of picture writing developed that was similar to Egyptian hieroglyphics Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?
Answer #s 1-5 below. Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?
The Mayans • 300-900 AD • Geography • Mexico • Yucatan Peninsula Tenochtitlan • Good for farming – tropical & flat. • Accomplishments • Religion • The Sun God • Temples pyramid-like buildings. • Human sacrifice. • Astronomy • Built observatories. • Calendar based on movements of the sun. • Hieroglyphs – system of picture writing. Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?
Mayan Glyphs sky king house child city Mayan Mathematics Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?