Maya script

books when I was 10 years old. I got this book, The Mayan Prophecies: Unlocking the Secrets of a Lost Civilization, which talked a lot about Maya history, as well as where they came from. It’s an extremely interesting book, which goes through the history of the Maya, their astrology, mathematics, agriculture, building methods and so on. It said nothing about the Maya being African. That’s because it’s just Afrocentric rubbish. Recent new evidence has said…

under which Bonampak may have been a dependency. The site dates to about AD 790 and is home to one of the few extant and complete murals of the Maya Classic Period. Bonampak’s architecture, art, iconography, and epigraphy are an important resource for understanding Maya society in the Classic Period by presenting a historical narrative of the lives of the Maya elite, documenting their ceremonial life, warfare, and courtly rituals. Bonampak is believed to have been a dependency of the city of…

My project is over the Maya’s they exist from 2000 BC to 250 AD. In my essay, I will be talking about the Mayan Calendars, mathematics, and Pyramids. They were located in central American; which is now known as Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. The Mayan calendars started in BCE. The calendar ended in December 2012. December 2012 is when the Mayan calendar had ended and that was one of the reasons why our society had thought the world would end that year. The calendar has been…

The Nazca lines have been a source of fascination since they were first discovered in 1927. They are considered one of archaeology’s most significant mysteries due to their size, quantity, and preservation. However, a few enigmas surrounding the lines have been uncovered such as their origin, meaning, and construction. The Nazca lines consist of more than 800 nearly perfectly straight lines, 70 plant and animal designs, and 300 geometric figures. There are 2 main styles distinctive of the…

In the second place, Rochester tells Jane much like a nervous and shy bird. He said “I see intervals the glance of a curious sort of bird through the close-set bars of a cage; a vivid, restless, resolute captive is there; were it but free, it would soar cloud-high. You are still bent on going” (Bronte 119). But, one side Rochester give her authority only to be a listener rather than narrator that means he also want her to be cage bird, and obeyed him. Furthermore, physically, Jane is again…

Topic: The Aztecs and their creation myths. /////////////////////////////////////////// Interest, Motivation, and Knowledge in the Topic: The Aztecs were one of the most powerful, advanced and popular civilizations in America; therefore, I think this is important because they have several different myths and ideas which we are able to learn and a different prospective of our lives. My motivation is to do a deep researching on those myths and ideas, focusing on the myths of their different gods…

PEOPLES AND CIVILIZATIONS OF THE AMERICAS, 600-1500 I. The Mayan Mesoamerican civilization (Northern Central America and Mexico) a. Complex language i. allowed for records of historical events to be made b. Competed for resources c. Diverse and productive agriculture d. Cities that rivaled Roman ones II. Classic-Era Culture and Society in Mesoamerica, 200-900 a. Mesoamerican Civilizations i. Unified by religion, culture, and social structures ii. Had different languages iii. Had many…

The Maya Location- Mexico, Belize and Guatemala-Emma Food- Corn, Porridge, Pumpkin/squash, chilli peppers, anything corn, honey and chocolate-Emma Homes- The maya people lived in grass huts, and the was were made from mud a stone. The Maya people would also decorate their homes with statues/ sculptures. Only the leader huts would have stairs. It was very uncommon for a average mayan family to have stairs.-Emma Clothing- Jewelry such as beautiful head pieces(on special occasions) loincloths,…

Guatamala doesn’t really start until 1523. This year dates the time the spanish adventurer Pedro de Alvarado defeats the indigenous Maya and turns Guatemala into a Spanish colony. Because of several earthquakes, the capital was moved several times until it became permanently established at Guatemala City in 1776. From 1524 until 1821, Guatemala (City and Province) was the center of government for the captaincy-general of Guatemala, whose jurisdiction extended from Yucatán to Panama.…

Mesoamerica's cilvilzation included the cultivation or corn, the building of pyramids, a 260-day ritual calendar, similiar deities, an important ritual ball game, and a belief in the role of human blood iinstaining the gods and the universe. The Aztecs (the most powerful culture in the region) collected and admired jad sculptures by the Olmec. When the Aztecs arrived to Teotihuacan it was abadoned, and they viewed the city as a sacred site where the gods had created the universe. They are who…