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Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization? I. Mayan Civilization (1000 BC- 1500 AD) A. Geography Located in today’s Mexico, at the Yucatan Peninsula

Based on the location of the Mayan Empire what would their climate be like? Introduction   http://www.history.com/topics/maya/videos/the- mayans?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free= false 2. Most of their land was flat and tropical a. good for farming b. and living conditions

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization? Slash and Burn   Mayan farmers used a method called slash and burn before planting their crops.  This was where farmers would cut down the trees in a certain area.  They would then burn the vegetation in that area. Crops   After the slash and burn was completed, the farmers planted their seeds in the ashy soil.  Crops they grew included maize (corn), squash, beans, chili peppers, and cocoa which they used to make chocolate. B. Major Accomplishments

1. Large Pyramids were constructed to worship the god.

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization? 3. Mayas developed a 365 day calendar based upon movements of the sun

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization? Calendar & Hieroglyphs

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?

MAYAN CALENDAR

 The basic calendrical unit was the day, or k'in.  20 k'ins = 1 winal, or 20 days  18 winals = 1 tun, or 360 days  20 tuns = 1 k'atun, or 7,200 days, or 19.73 modern years  20 k'atuns = 1 bak-tun, or 144,000 days, or 394.5 modern years  20 piktuns = 1 kalabtun, or 57, 600,000 days, or 157,808.2 modern years  20 kalabtuns = 1 kinchiltun, or 1,152,000,000 days, or 3,156,164.4 modern years  20 kinchiltuns = 1 alawtun, or 23,040,000,000 days, or 63,123,287.7 modern years  These terms are used by scholars today. The actual Mayan names are only partially known. 4. A system of picture writing developed that was similar to Egyptian hieroglyphics

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization? Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization? Mayan Glyphs

sky king house child city

Approximately 800 glyphs or symbols used in their writing. There were

Aim: What were the achievements3 or 4 ofdifferent the Mayan Civilization? possibilities when Buildings & Temples

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization? Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization? Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization? Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization? Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization? Ball Game Facts?

• https://www.ancient.eu/article/604/the-ball- game-of-/

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization? Pyramid Video

• http://www.history.com/topics/maya/videos /chichen-itza

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization? Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization? Pyramid during

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f23FTt ahbf0

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization? Temples

• http://www.history.com/topics/ancient- history/pyramids-in-latin- america/pictures/mesoamerican- pyramids/pyramid-of-moon-stands-at- teotihuacan

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization? Aqueducts

• Underground caves called cenotes (se-NO-tes) were a vital supply of water. • Mayans learned to build underground reservoirs (chultuns) to store rainwater in places where there were no natural cenotes. • Mayans used this technique on the tropical rainforests where there was not enough ground water. Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization? Aqueduct Video

• http://www.history.com/topics/maya/videos /wonders-of-latin-america-lost-worlds- palenque#

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization?

• https://www.history.com/topics/ancient- americas/where-did-it-come-from-the- ancient-maya-astronomy-video

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization? Religion

• Every 20 days there was a religious festival. • K’atun is a ceremony conducted every 20 years. Stelas were created to tell what happened during those 20 years. • 3 layers, Heavens, Earth, and the Underworld • Worshipped gods of nature, God of Rain, God of Maize, God of Sun. • Polytheist, believed in more than one god.

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization? Government

• Read the handout from your teacher and answer the following questions. • How did a person become a ruling noble? • What is a city-state? • What type of government is this most similar to?

Aim: What were the achievements of the Mayan Civilization? Reflection

• Summarize what you learned about the Mayans. • What do you feel is the most impressive characteristic that you learned about the Mayans? – Why? • How does their location determine how they live? • What resources did they use in their culture that contributed to their success as a culture?

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