Mayans:

The Lost Civilization

By: Brenda Verduzco

What is their occupation? What

are they known for?

Jobs: Hunters, farmers,

architects, engineers, and
priests

They are very well known for

their prediction of the world
ending on December 21, 2012

Mayans were known for

accomplishments in
mathematics, astronomy, and
their calendars

They created two calendars:

Long Count Calendar and
Round Calendar

What is their cultural origins?

Originated from Yucatn

around 2600 B.C.

They later spread in

southern Mexico,
Guatemala, northern
Belize, and western
Honduras around A.D.
250

What is their personal history?

There is evidence that

Paleoindians lived where the
Mayan lived and could be
related

Paleoindians traveled from

Asia to the Americas when
the bridge, Beringea,
connected both continents

By 700 B.C. invented a

writing system

They also invented herbal

medicines, chocolate, and a
sport called pok-a-tok

What is the history of their

country? How did the history
impact their success or failure?

Mayan lived in several

Latin American
countries in Central
America and southern
Mexico

Tecotihuacn is the
cultural, religious, and
trading center in 100
B.C.

In 1517, Hernn Cortes

and Spanish arrive in
Yucatn and conquer
the empire.

What group is associated with

them?
The Spanish have been associated with
the Mayans
many times.
The Spanish introduced new religious,
economic, and
political ideas to the Mayan society
Many Mayans died from the diseases
the Spaniards
carried with them.
Native people were relocated to towns
with churches
that were built on the indigenous temples

What are the practices/traditions

of the group associated with
them?

Most Spanish were catholic

They converted the Mayans

to Catholicism

Spanish started building

missionaries in Latin America

The Tipu Mayans accepted

Christianity and were
peaceful with Franciscan
friars

In 1638, the Mayans rebelled

for no reason during a visit
from a friar

Do they practice a religion,

philosophy, belief system or
other devotion?

Mayans were polytheistic ,

meaning they believed in
multiple gods.

Their gods were associated

with nature

They believed in
supernatural deities and
sacred forces

The shaman priest had a

very high position

Worshipping ancestors was

important to them as well

What impact have they had on

the world?

Mayans had symbols for writing any

whole number, including zero

Zero was rarely used in other

ancient civilizations, expect for the
Mayans

They also recorded and predicted

the daily, seasonal, and yearly
trajectories of the sun, moon,
planets, and stars in relation to the
Earth.

They did the same thing with as

solar and lunar solstices and
equinoxes, the rising and setting of
planets.

They even predicted likelihood of

shooting stars and comets.

Would you be interested in

meeting them? Why?

Yes and no
Yes because I would love to eat and
steal their chocolate
and no because they could use me as
a sacrifice to their
gods and I dont want to die.

Quiz Time!
1. Name one of the Mayans accomplishments.
2. Name one of the Mayans jobs.
3. Where did the Mayans live?
4. How many books still exist today from the
Mayans?
5. What year did the Spanish arrive in Latin
America?
6. What year did the Mayans rebel when a friar
came to visit?
7. What does polytheistic mean?
8. What were the Mayan gods associated
with?
9. Name one of the beliefs of the Mayans.
10. Name one of the inventions the Mayans
created.

Quiz Time!
1. What two calendars did
the Mayans create?
2. Name one country that
the Mayans lived in.
3. What sport did the
Mayans play?
4. Name one diseases that
the Mayans caught
when the Spanish came
to Latin America.

The Mayans
(Video)

http://www.history.com/topics
/maya/videos#ask-history-didthe-maya-predict2012

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