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The Great Spiritual Society. The Mayans. The Mayan Landscape. The Mayan Landscape. Emerged between 300 BC and 250 AD Their advancement in writing, astronomy and architecture was well developed by 600AD. The Mayan Society. A group of smaller territories - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The MayansThe Great Spiritual Society
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The Mayan Landscape
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The Mayan Landscape
Emerged between 300 BC and 250 AD
Their advancement in writing, astronomy and architecture was well developed by 600AD
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The Mayan Society A group of smaller
territories
Each territory was ruled by one city and one supreme leader
Supreme Leader had a council
Warfare territories was common
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The Mayan Society
At centre of cities were plazas and large pyramids or temples
these are ruins we see today
Used for ceremony and events
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Mayan Cities: Copan (Honduras)
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Mayan Cities: Chichen Itza (Mexico)
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Mayan Cities: Palenque (Mexico)
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Mayan Cities: Tulum (Mexico)
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Mayan Cities: Tikal (Guatemala)
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Mayan Hierarchy
1. Supreme Leader
2. Noble and Religious Leaders
3. Farmers, Artisans and Vendors
4. Slaves
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Mayan Technology
Mayans did not have metal tools, only wood and stone (sometimes bone)
Writing was done in books made from fig tree bark, as well as, pottery
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Mayan Religion They were polytheists
(many gods)
God of Sun was most important
Priests did fortune telling and carried out sacrifices
Prisoners used for sacrifice
Sometimes forced to play a ball game, then sacrificed.
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The Mayan Calendar (The Long Count)
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The Mayan Downfall
Civilization started to decline in 900AD
Forest cities were abandoned but difficult to determine why
Perhaps battle, drought, flooding
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The Mayan Downfall North and South territories
were first to collapse, central stayed strong
In 1520, conquistadors began overcoming territories and destroyed the remaining cities
Burned Mayan books and pottery making Mayan history less easy to understand
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The MayansThe Great Spiritual Society