Culture of Guatemala

The Maya hieroglypic composing is seemingly a standout amongst the most outwardly striking written work frameworks of the world. It is additionally exceptionally complex, with many one of a kind signs or glyphs as people, creatures, supernaturals, protests, and conceptual plans. These signs are either logograms (to express significance) or syllabograms (to signify sound values), and are utilized to compose words, expressions, and sentences. Indeed, the Maya can compose anything that they can say…

Monte Albán is a huge pre-Columbian archaeological place in the Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Municipality in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. The site is located in a small mountainous area increasing higher the field in the central section of the Vale of Oaxaca where the end northern Ella, eastern Tlacolula, and southern Zimatlán & Ocotlán parts meet. The currently-day state capital Oaxaca City has located roughly 6 miles east of Monte Albán. Beyond being one of the newest towns of Mesoamerica,…

History (where, who, when) The Alhambra vases are a group of large ceramics vases painted in luster. They were produced in southern Spain in the fourteenth century. Only ten complete vases exist today. Each of these vases are named after its provenance or some distinguishing characteristics, these names are not universally accepted. These works of art were produced in the Nasrid dynasty, the last of the Muslim rulers in Spain, who reigned from 1232 to 1492. They were called the Alhambra vases…

achievements also included their Trade Network, their buildings, the number system and of course the calendars. The Mayan mostly lived in Mesoamerica, “Mesoamerica is that part of modern-day Central America that includes southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. This region has been the Mayan home for 3,000 years.” (From the Background Essay The Maya: What Was Their Most Remarkable Achievement) Living in Mesoamerica also helped them with…

Sexism in Guatemala The biggest challenge facing women in Guatemala is the sexism. Sexism makes males thinks there is not equal between them and women, so they treated women like their slaves . Those men that sees that a woman is there just to serve their needs, and they don't care about their feelings and opinions. They think it is okay to hit their partner, cheat and go out wherever they want, but for a woman it is not allowed to do it. Can you imagine living a life like that? Sexism not…

I come from a small country. A country that has faced different stages in its short life. My family and I often visit the west part of my country, Honduras, an area where the ancient Mayan civilization was established in the early V century AD. It’s probably a short three-hour drive, it’s nothing a snooze on the car ride can’t take. As a child, I was easily impressed when observing the whole region: buildings and locals were very different in comparison to the city I came from. We used to go to…

Without the influence of other continents, the Mayan, Aztec, and Inca civilizations had accomplished much range from agriculture system to mathematics as they established advanced societies in the early age. Many of those accomplishments still impact us greatly in today’s society. Known for its significant and breakthrough architectural, social, and agricultural development, Maya civilization is one of the most famous civilizations in the Mesoamerica area about 2800 years ago. In three hundred…

The Copan civilization was widely associated with astronomy and many of their rulers took a vested interest in the galaxy above. One example of this is structure 10L-22 or Temple 22 which was built by Copan's most famous ruler, Waxaklajuun Ub'aah K'awiil, in 715 to mark the completion of his 20th year in power. This structure has been nicknamed the “Cosmic Doorway” for many several reasons. Their are many different carvings that depict and symbolize the relationship between the civilization and…

What that place is called today is Central America which now consists Yucatan, Guatemala, Belize and Southern Mexico (the Chiapas and Tabasco region). The effect geographic setting had on the Mayans were tropical rain forest of the lowlands, which was expanding from the northwestern of Honduras over the Petén of Guatemala, Belize and the Chiapas. This includes cities like Copan, Yinchuan, Tikal and Palenque. Guatemala had highlands, and the Pacific Coast where the Aztec influence in the early…

regions advanced, collapsed, and had varying levels of influence at different time periods. Maya society was rigidly divided between nobles, commoners, serfs, and slaves. The Maya were led by dynastic rulers, the population grew dramatically, art and culture flourished, and the elite classes became more entrenched. The noble class was complex and specialized. Noble status and the occupation in which a noble served was passed on through elite family lineages. Nobles served as rulers, government…