Pros And Cons Of Being A Mayan Civilization

Decent Essays
I would be a Mayan
If I could choose to make a living in the Aztec, Inca, or Mayan empire, I’d simply select the Mayan civilization. From a private point of view, I’d feel more comfortable in with the Maya people. First, there were less people with the Mayans than with the Inca or Aztec. There were twenty complex cities with as many as 5,000 to 50,000 people, but even these large numbers don't come close to the opposite groups. Being a really reserved person, the less people the better. The Mayans were also more of a peaceful civilization; they were more into art rather than war. Archaeologist assumes that the Mayan people spent most of their time in ceremony or observation, which is the ideal place to me. They were also very smart. The Mayans

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    My impression of the Aztec culture is that even thought they were thought to be barbaric in nature because of their ritualistic killings they were actually very religious and kind. They were well educated and many described them as creative thinkers and mathematicians. This is evident through the engineering marvel of the city they constructed without the use of modern tools or transportation methods. Even though the Aztecs knew of the wheel at the time the city was built, they only used the wheel for toys. The Aztecs had a dynamic agricultural economy focusing primarily on farming.…

    • 687 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Mayan creation story compares with other creation when discussing the remembrance of the dead. They believed the dead still played a role with those living on earth, which was a very important factor of almost all ancient religions. Mayan beliefs system believed in many gods also known as polytheism. Mayans believed that the gods were involved with every aspect of life such as, the weather, the crops, and etc. When comparing Mayan creation with other creation stories Mesopotamian were very similar especially when talking about the “afterlife”.…

    • 269 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Mayans outdid themselves at agriculture, potter, hieroglyph, making the calendar and mathematics. The Mayans were around 1800 B.C through 250 A.D. In the late 800s, the Mayans deserted many of their cities, most of the great cities of the Maya were abandoned by A.D. 900 have caused their downfall. 3) Government- What type of ruler ship did they have?…

    • 397 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The Mayans were a very advanced society. They built a pyramid that was the tallest structure in the Americas until the late 20th century. The advancements are shown in document 1.…

    • 408 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The Mayan civilization was an amazing group of people that lived in Mesoamerica between the years of 300-900 A.D. These people were capable of incredible things, such as their effortful trade network, expansive cities, and ingenious number system. But the most remarkable of all, was the amazing Mayan calendars. That is because of the genius and effort they put into creating it, and the significant role it played in their lives.…

    • 105 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Both cultures study space and all that is in it. These two cultures mostly study astrology and astrometry. The Mayans didn’t have NASA but they would study the patterns in the sky. The mayans mostly studied venus and it’s orbits. Both cultures would write and record important historical events.…

    • 462 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Both the two ancient civilization had their own written language. Both the Mayan and the Aztec were located in central america they had very little eye contacts with each other and built palaces for their ruler. They also had great technologies and strong religions. One of the things Mayan and the Aztec had in common was the class structure. In conclusion all two civilizations were very similar and shared many traits.…

    • 350 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The Incas was the Native American culture presented that was the most viable. The Incas had a strong structure and well-developed social systems which involved good different systems like the postal system, taxes system, and the agriculture system; their towns and cities was connected by roads and they also had factories. They had a good relationship with their neighbors, that relationship did not involve fights but promises of prosperity and peace. The leader of the Incas was also the leader of the government; it was a good factor because it avoided possible riots since the native society was religious and shared the same leader. As we can see, the Incas were a society that was very respectful, organized and well structured, being more viable…

    • 130 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Aztecs were ethnic groups of central Mexico who grew to conquer large areas Mesoamerica known as the Aztec Empire. The Incan Empire was a civilization along the coast of South America that conquered neighboring regions through their military strengths. While both the Aztecs and Incas had similar social hierarchies consisting of the elite, government officials, and commoners, the Aztecs had no structured form of government only paying tributes to officials compared to the Incas’ military ran bureaucracy. The Aztec Empire and the Incan Empire shared similar structures of their social class.…

    • 1041 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Mayan Religion

    • 1274 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Many of their findings were applied to their rituals and used to serve the gods. Astronomy, which led to the 365-day calendar we use to this day, was due to the Mayans extensive belief and research in the stars and the universe, which they thought were creations of the gods. This knowledge of time assisted them in harvesting their crops and predicting cosmic activity. Also, it is significant that the priests were the ones who usually led most innovations, most likely because they were the most educated. However, because of this, most innovations usually had a religious purpose behind them as well.…

    • 1274 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Rafaela Suranyi US History- L1 Incas: A organized and peaceful culture Among the Native American cultures presented, in my opinion the Inca was the most viable for many reasons. First of all, Incas did not fight their neighbors, but lived a peaceful life, promising prosperity and peace, different from most cultures, which was very violent and even was cannibals. Secondly, the area they lived along the west coast of South America was very organized; people lived in towns and cities connected by good roads and a postal system, they worked in agriculture and also had a system of factories and a well-developed social system. And finally, even the Incas are one of the most highly developed societies of America, the Incas also had their own problems…

    • 189 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Mayan Achievements

    • 312 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The greatest achievement of the Maya in opinion is mathematics and the concept of zero. Why I think this is because we have used math forever and we use math for almost everything in our life, another reason is because without math we wouldn't have many things that we have today. The Mayans mathematical system looked something like, being zero and being one and on. They mostly used math for architecture and time.…

    • 312 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Living In The Mayans

    • 245 Words
    • 1 Pages

    Overall, the Mayans were very successful and it would be very academic to be able to live in their civilization. I would not like to live in the Aztec…

    • 245 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Olmec Essay

    • 1006 Words
    • 4 Pages

    The Olmecs also established a very advanced drainage system and a social organization with an emphasis on religious symbolism. These accomplishments served as a base for later cultures and their beliefs, structure, and rituals. The Classic period is considered the peak of the Maya civilization, it is remembered as a time where they had distinctive writing and calendric systems, and amazing architecture with pyramids, palaces, and ball courts. “Recent studies have revealed a more typical civilization motivated by warfare, the desire to dominate territories and natural resources, a pyramidal society, spectacular ceremonies associated with lineage and ancestors, and complex esoteric religious ideas” (Carrasco pg 55). The Maya took an agricultural worldview to explain the universe.…

    • 1006 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    One of the most dominant indigenous societies in Mesoamerica includes the Maya civilization. The Maya primarily inhabited the Yucatan Peninsula of modern-day Mexico and other sections of modern-day Guatemala and Mexico; they occupied the area from around 1800 BC. The Mayans dominated the area in the time period from 300 C.E. to 900 C.E., which historians consider the classical period of the Maya civilization. The Empire reached its peak—its golden age—in sixth century C.E. Nineteen million people, which constituted three culturally and linguistically different groups, very densely populated the area. The Mayans excelled in ornate pottery, innovative agriculture, astronomical observations, and complex yet foundational mathematics; they also…

    • 1271 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays