Write An Essay On The Mayan Civilization

The Mayans: Civilization The Mayan Civilization was an American Native Civilization which grew to be one of the many advanced civilizations in America. The Mayans lived in Eastern and Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Western Honduras. While living in these various places the Mayans built enormous stone pyramids, temples and sculptures. The Mayans also had many accomplishments in mathematics and astronomy, which were recorded in hieroglyphics. Around 900 the Mayans disappeared from the southern lowlands of Guatemala and later The Mayans reappeared in the North on the Yucatan Peninsula and took over that area until the Spanish Conquest but The Maynas still make up most of the population in the region in today’s era. When The Mayans started to become more modern and abandon their old ways it became known as the preclassic period. …show more content…
They considered Hunab Ku to be the main God, of The World, they had many other gods such as Itzamna; the lord of the heavens, Yum Kaax the God of maize; and the Four Chacs which were all rain gods. The Mayans performed many rituals to talk to their many gods these rituals were usually pre-arranged and taken very seriously throughout the whole community. These various events were known as the Maya New Year held in July, or sometimes they were held in a rush as an emergency such as a drought or famine. The modern Maya civilization is made up of about 6 million people, which makes them the largest population of an ancient civilization North of Peru, the largest account of the Mayan people are located in Mexico. There are three different civilizations that are all still considered a part of the Mayan category those three civilizations being the Yucateca that make up 300,000 of the Mayan population , the Tzotzil which make up 120,000 of the population and the Tzeltal that make up 80,000 of the Mayan