Maya peoples

The Maya civilization, began in 1500 BCE. Located in Mesoamerica, the Maya land was geographically diverse. The area included rivers, mountains, highlands and lowlands. However, the Mayan area, was also faced with scarce water sources and a humid climate. Despite this, the Maya land was still a desirable place to build a civilization. Areas on the Mayan land, were faced with heavy rainfall. Document 3, goes on to explain that the heavy rainfall produced dense rainforests. A dense…

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 years shortly after it is established, the Maya civilization had already reached the peak of its economic prosperity. Maya is the only early civilization that fully developed written language, called Hieroglyphics, which uses pictures to represent…

Americans from Guatemala. They have struggled for their survival since the Conquistadores defeated the Maya Chief Tecum Uman. Today there are about 4 million Maya. About 200,000 have migrated to the United States since 1970 for a better life. (Roger Daniels 2001) The Mayans have gone through so much trying to survive all the changes they had to overcome. One third of the highland population of Maya died in the first epidemic in 1520. The first epidemic was brought by Pedro Alvarado; he brought…

Spanish explorers came to the maya later in their existence, around the time their decline began. Along with them they brought many unknown diseases to which the Maya had no defence against. Smallpox is thought to be a major one, since this disease was new to the maya, they did not have proper immune systems to fight off the disease. With no way of vaccinating those who weren't yet infected, the disease…

The Mysterious Disappearance of The Mayan Empire; What Caused The Empire To Collapse? The Mayan people are a great fascination. They were creative, original, different and left a great mystery for today’s new world to explore. The Mayans were an ancient native American civilization who were known to be one of the most advanced civilizations in Mesoamerica today. They never progressed past the stone age to have seen advanced inventions like the wheel or other metal work that would have aided…

The collapse of the Mayan Civilization Many people heard that someone was missing, but few people have heard of the disappearance of the entire civilization.The Mayan civilization once flourished in the heart of Mexico until they suddenly disappeared.Many theories about the disappearance of Mayans have been discussed. However, most of the information is focused on the idea that long-term thinking has caused the movement of civilization and they have been fighting against hostile…

Astronomy, architecture, blood sacrifice. Ancient Mayan civilization is something that I’ve held in particular fascination ever since I visited Chichen Itza, one of the seven wonders of the world. For me, thinking about the technological advancement of ancient structures like Chichen Itza is a void that is easy to be drawn into, and is a pastime I have to actively avoid on weeknights for the sake of productivity. Even now, clutched in the depths of sleep deprivation and rigorous studies, the…

Part B Anthropology 6) Collapse In Collapse Jared Diamond addresses the environmental and economic problems that societies encounter during their development. Diamond makes it very clear that no society is safe from a collapse and that the problems that societies face should not be underestimated or the results could be catastrophic (Diamond 2011:2). The definition that Diamond gives for a collapse is “a drastic decrease in human population size and /or political/economic/social complexity…

THE ANCIENT MAYA: Art and Recreation The ancient Maya were a tribe well known for their unique games and art forms. Their art was essential in telling the stories of their past. They also had many fun board games, the main one being Bul, along with their famous sport called Pok-A-Tok. The main board game that they like to play was called Bul. The game could be played by two people or by equal teams. The game was a war game that was about killing and capturing the other teams pieces. This…

was the Maya. Centered in the tropical lands of present day Guatemala, the Maya were excellent at agriculture, calendar making, mathematics, astrology and had their own hieroglyph based writing system. However by 900 AD the Maya civilization vanished, and there has been great debate as to what caused this sudden abandonment of their cities. Popol Vuh, a creation story from the Guatemalan western highlands discusses the creation of the earth and genealogy of the gods according to the Maya.…