Maya Angelou

date back to 1800 BC, while their civilizations peaked around sixth century AD. The early Maya were agricultural, growing, maize, beans, and squash. At their peak, they excelled in agriculture, pottery, hieroglyph writing, mathematics, and architecture. The Maya focused on improving ways of health or medicine, and also focused on religion and complex rituals. One of the most interesting aspects of the Maya was their sudden disappearance. Unlike most societies, the millions of people living…

As the people migrated to the Americas, it was long till kingdoms began to evolve. Around 600 BCE towns evolved to cities, and chieftains transformed into kings. One of the know culture’s and kingdom that control the Yucatan Peninsula was the Mayas. The Maya were a very religious culture, who in fact lived in the fear of the destructive nature of the gods. One thing that was important part of their religion was the death rituals. The Mayan people developed multiple traditions to commemorate the…

The Popol Vuh is an ancient sacred Mayan book of myths written from the Mayan World. The myths within the Popol Vuh are used as a way to explain the world, by connecting myth to reality. The myths within the Popol Vuh explain how their world was created through a creation story and has basic social lessons through stories of the hero twins, Hunahpu and Xbalanque. Myths are used to teach lessons to people through the interconnection of myth and reality, and the Popol Vuh is no exception. Myths…

Imagine walking back to town after a long vacation, after arriving and looking around one may find that no one is there and the place is completely abandoned. Thats a lot like what happened to the Mayans. The Mayans lived in Mesoamerica from 1800 B.C. to 900 A.D. The Mayan civilization reached its peak of power in the sixth century A.D. and had a peak population of two million. The Mayan are most known for disappearing in 900 A.D., a mystery still unknown. There are many theories around their…

The Chumash people were located on the southern Coast of California. This area is fairly cool most of the year but gets very hot during the summer time (Sutton, 2012, p182). The Chumash were a larger group compared to others in the area with a population estimated at 20,000 people (Sutton, 2012, p181). The imprint of this large population can be seen in the archeological sites of their settlements. It has been observed that the dome-shaped houses were placed close to each other (Gamble, 1995,…

The Maya civilization developed in an area that encompasses southeastern Mexico, all of Guatemala and Belize, and the western portions of Honduras and El Salvador. Time periods include: Pre-classic Period (2000 BC to 250 AD) Classic Period (250 AD to 900 AD) Post-classic Period (900 AD to 1500 AD) Colonial Period (1500 AD) The Preclassic period was a time that the Mayans thrived in farming, architecture, and they began to create their cultural. In the Preclassic age Mayan writings started…

The book titled Popol Vuh written by Dennis Tedlock is a book filled with tales of mytho-historical narratives that were founded in the kingdom of K’iche’ in the West Highlands of Guatemala. The title Popol Vuh can be translated to mean the “Book of the People”. In Popol Vuh we can find many different tales, however the most popular tales are those of the creations myths, and the ones of the Hero Twins, Hunahpu and Xbalanque. Popol Vuh has been a book that has greatly influenced the Mayan…

All Calendars were so different back then. In today world all the calendars are the same, but the only difference is that they all have their own meaning depending on the culture you are from. They also have more days or months added to there year. Many people use to think that the Mayan calendar was something real that everything it said was true. It turns out that the Mayan Calendar use to say that the world was going to end and it turns out it wasn't true. I believe that people should have…

agricultural techniques of today 's Maya farmers differ from the techniques used after the 9th century CE because today, farmers prepare their fields by cutting down small trees and brush and then burn the dead vegetation to fertilize their land. But after the 9th century CE, rigorous forms of agriculture were used, such as draining swamps and building elevated fields. 6) Elite Mayan women could be influential in Mayan religion and politics. Two women ruled the Maya kingdoms, so they played an…

Prior to the European colonization of the New World, there had thrived American-Indian tribes aplenty amidst the expanse, including those along the present-day Mississippi river, and the Aztec, Mayan, and Inca tribes associated with their respective empires. There exist numerous commonalities and differences between each of these two groups of native tribes, many of which are built upon the same or variant conceptions with regard to a specific aspect. Namely, the tribes had largely partaken in…