Ancient Mayans
By Tristan Navajo
Geography
The mayan civilization began in 2,600 b.c
and lived around present day
Mexico,Guatemala, northern Belize,and
western Honduras.By 250 b.c the ancient
Maya were at the peak of power. The Mayans
had no king ruling their huge empire instead
they had 20 separate areas.
Mayan Religion
The Mayan religion was a
pantheon nature of gods,
each of which had a both
benevolent side and a
malevolent side.The most
important deity was the
supreme god Itzamna. the
creator God, the God of fire
and God of earth.
Achievements
The Mayans were experts at
astronomy and knew when a
solar eclipse would take place.
They were also experts at
growing crops and grew
vegetables in unfavorable
places.
Political System
The political system in the Mayan
civilization is they had rulers and a ruling
class. Their political system was
complex. Their kings were powerful and
claimed to be descended from Gods and
the planets.
Economics
The economics in the Mayan civilization
was more of a trading civilization. The
Mayans were experts in agriculture.In
ancient Maya they mostly ate vegetables
and fruits not much meat. They did eat
some fish.
Social Structure
Ancient Mayans had four social classes.
The four classes are:nobles, priests,
commoners-farmers, craftsmen, and slaves.
The social structure worked because the
lower classes believed the upper classes
had been given the right to rule by the
Gods.
Quick Facts
Did you know that Ancient
Mayans had excellent doctors?
Today some Mayans do blood
sacrifice ceremonies. Human
blood had been replaced by
chicken blood
One Paragraph about
Ancient Mayans
I liked how big the Ancient Mayan
civilization was. There are similarities
between Ancient Mayans and Navajo’s.
The Mayans used salt during birth’s and
deaths. Upper class Mayans used baby
boards to flatten babies heads and they
dangles objects around babies heads to
make them cross eyed.
Quick Quiz Questions
1) What are the four Mayan social
classes?
2) Does the Mayan civilization exist
today?
3) What did upper class Mayans use to
cross their newborn babies eyes?
4) When did the Mayans use salt?
5) How many empires did the Mayans
have?
Bibliography
WEBSITES
mayas.mr donn.com, digitalmeesh.com,
archeology.about.com, mey connect.com,
religion facts.com,and buzzle.com
books:Maya Arts and Crafts of Guatemala
Marilyn Anderson
3) The upper class would dangle an object in front
of newborn until babies eyes were crossed.
Quiz answers
4)The mayans use salt when a baby is born.
5)The mayans had 20 empires