Mayan Civilization
By Will Rhynhart
Mayan Civilization
Military
Farming
"The major form of crop creation is known as Slash and Burn." Their main crops were maize, beans, pumpkins, cacao, squash, chile, tomatoes, and advocados. The one that they most used and produced was corn though. Another form of farming was multi cropping, which was that they planted on the same ground more than once a year.
Food
Gods
Quetzacoatal- He was the winged god and was believed to "watch" over Meso-America and Peru.
Chac-He was the god of rain. The Mayans prayed to him to have a good crop season.
Kinich Ahau-He was the sun god. The people of Itzamal thought that he came down everyday at noon and ate their offerings. The representation of him was he was a macaw. A lot people considered him to look like a jaguar.
Yum Cimil or Ac Puch-The god of the underworld or death