The Mayans
WERE DID THEY LIVE?
The Mayan empire covered South Eastern;Mexico;Guatemala;Belize;Honduras,and El Salvador.Their weather was humid,so it was usually hot. They lived in Pine Forests which are also jungles. Their main city was " Tikal". Once they started getting good food supply and climate, they started trading.
WHAT IS THEIR SOCIAL STRUCTURE?
The Mayans social structure starts with the ruler/god.The king is the one who
make decisions about the war.The class of the kings is hereditary (from father
to son). Next,comes the nobles/priests which is the second level of the social
structures. They are the ones who now how to read & write because the
collect taxes.They also do sacrifices and go to war to protect their tribe.They
are recuit workers and soldiers.They are incontact with the gods. They can be
doctors and astronomers.Their class is also hereditary just like the kings/gods.
After the nobles/priests comes the merchants/artisans. They work on building and
sell things they made. They also make arcaticture for the kings temple.The next
level of Mayans are the peasants.They go to war as well as the
nobles/priests.They built temples and they're also farmers.They grow all kinds
of different food as well.The last,but not least are the slaves.They are the lowest class in the structure
.They are lower than the peasants.You can actually become a slave in many ways.You can become a slave by being a prisoner of war.You can also become one if you were born a slave or if your parents sold you.If you do something really bad you could become a slave as well.They do almost the same work as peasants and even more.They work more than the peasants.
make decisions about the war.The class of the kings is hereditary (from father
to son). Next,comes the nobles/priests which is the second level of the social
structures. They are the ones who now how to read & write because the
collect taxes.They also do sacrifices and go to war to protect their tribe.They
are recuit workers and soldiers.They are incontact with the gods. They can be
doctors and astronomers.Their class is also hereditary just like the kings/gods.
After the nobles/priests comes the merchants/artisans. They work on building and
sell things they made. They also make arcaticture for the kings temple.The next
level of Mayans are the peasants.They go to war as well as the
nobles/priests.They built temples and they're also farmers.They grow all kinds
of different food as well.The last,but not least are the slaves.They are the lowest class in the structure
.They are lower than the peasants.You can actually become a slave in many ways.You can become a slave by being a prisoner of war.You can also become one if you were born a slave or if your parents sold you.If you do something really bad you could become a slave as well.They do almost the same work as peasants and even more.They work more than the peasants.
HOW AND WHERE DID THEY AROSE?
The Mayans arose by the help of the Olmec.The Olmecs were the ones who helped the Mayans do all sorts of stuff. The Mayans new how to farm from the Olmecs. They learned how to make architecture from them.With the help form the Olmecs they became successful.
WHAT ARTISTICS,ORAL TRADITIONS,AND ARCHITECTURE DID THEY HAVE?
They had many beautiful artistics,and architecture. Some of their architecture was made of stone and some of them were carved. The artistics and architecture were hand made. They had many oral traditions for example their clothes. Other oral traditions are their food, medicine, and ceremonies.All of these helped them survive.
WHAT ARE THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS IN MATH, ASTRONOMY, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CALENDER?
Their achievements in math were that they used symbols to represent the numbers. For example, they used a dot for the number 1, they used used a bar for the number 5,and they use a shell for the 0. Once they started, and new how to use math, they used their knoledge to create the calender.One of there achevements in astronomy was there building. All the temples they built were one of their acompished astronomies.