Maya (jan 1, 400 BC – jan 1, 1517)
Description:
Time Period: (4th c. B.C.E. - 16th. C.E.)
Location: Southern Mexico and Central America
S:
- Great Sun
priests, nobles
farmer, hunter, merchant, craftspeople, laborers
slaves
P:
-organized city-states governed by a king called a GREAT SUN
I:
-staple foods : corn, squash, beans
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C:
-Religion: Polytheistic; king sacred; human sacrifices
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E:
-moderate trade
achievements:
-math
- writing
-step pyramids
- accurate calendar
the fall:
-cities abandoned
-possible drought/ deforestation
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