The Mayans
by Noah Sandbothe
Explation of the Mayans
The Mayans were a civilization that lived in many cities like Tikal and that is in rain forests in Guatemala and that is where most all of the other cities are located to and they believed in multiple gods.
Tikal
This is the capital city of the Mayans and the most beautiful Mayan cities and is one the most populated cities at 100,000 people and located in Petain Department Guatemala.
Caracol
This is the most populated city at 140,000 people in the Mayan Ruined that has been found and also proven to be the most populated Mayan City and it is located in Belize.
Seibal
This is just one of the temples of Seibal there is many more and this is located in Petain Department, Guatemala and has a population of 10,000
Achievements on the mayans
Their best one was the Mayan calender because the Mayans had a very advanced calender it was so advanced that they made a lot of current day people think that the world would end in 2012 because that is when the Mayan calender ended. Another one is the Temples because they had huge temples and when they built them there was no iron tools to help them so they had to build it all by hand. The third thing is the farmland and they had a lot of it, they did it in wet lands so they wouldn't need to water them but they had no tractors or hoes so they had to plant and harvest all the plants by hand.
Calander
This is the best Mayan achievement because they had a very advanced calendar and it made people think that the world would in 2012 because that is when the Mayan calendar.
Building The Cities
This is an achievement because iron tools and wheels were not used to build these temples they used their own hand.
The Mayan Farmland
The picture is a view in the air of part of the one of the Mayan garden this was in very wet lands and it was hundreds of miles and did all the planting and harvesting by hand.
The Mayan Religion
They believed in many different gods their main ones were Itzamna, Kukulcáa, Quetzalcoatl, Bolon, Tzacab, and Chac. They also made human sacrifices by killing them then taking their heart out.
When and Where the Mayans Ruled
The Mayans lived in Mesoamerica from 200 AD to 900 AD and no one knows why or how they diapered.
What the Mayans invented
They invented Pottery and they also invented the pyramids by building the temples so that is another thing. The third thing was Ball courts and we don't use them for the same reasons that they did and it was to choose who was sacrificed. The last thing I am going to list is they invented basketball by playing a game the loser would be sacrificed.
The Mayan Government
The main leader was the king (Emperor) he was in lead command and so everyone respected him. But there was another leader it was a Priest and he didn't have the same authority as the king but he was still considered a leader.
Facts About the Mayans with a video
One thing is the Mayans thought having cross eyes and a tall head was attractive.
Another thing is that they did rituals to heal because they thought it would work.
The third thing is the Mayans like to use blue in their high honor temples.
The last thing is The Mayans used Saunas to relax their leaders like the King and Queen and the Priest.
10 Interesting Facts About The Ancient Mayans