Maya script

considered the peak of the Maya civilization, it is remembered as a time where they had distinctive writing and calendric systems, and amazing architecture with pyramids, palaces, and ball courts. “Recent studies have revealed a more typical civilization motivated by warfare, the desire to dominate territories and natural resources, a pyramidal society, spectacular ceremonies associated with lineage and ancestors, and complex esoteric religious ideas” (Carrasco pg 55). The Maya took an…

About Her Queen Liliuokalani was a strong and good-hearted queen. She is known for being the last and first queen of Hawaii, writing “Aloha, Oe” a famous song known from hawaii, and opening up orphanages after her reign. She didn’t become in charge until she was 43 years old, after her brother King Kalakaua left to go travel. She was temporarily in charge at first. After her brother died on January 30th, 1891 then she started her reign. Queen Liliuokalani was adopted when she was a baby…

The Maya, Aztec, and the Inca have similarities and differences. The Maya and the Aztec might have something in common that the Inca don’t have or vise versa. The Maya lived in the modern day Yucatan Peninsula. The Maya time period lasted from 200 AD to 925 AD. The Aztec lived in the modern day Valley of Mexico. The Aztec time period lasted from 1200 AD to 1521 AD. The Inca lived in Cusco which is located in modern day Peru. The Inca time period lasted from 1200 AD to 1537 AD. The Aztec and the…

Maya Angelou was a well known poet and civil rights activist. People thought very highly of her because of how well she wrote she wrote her poems and books. She worked as a storyteller, autobiographer, activist and poet. Out of all of her careers, was most famous for her writing (Maya Angelou). Maya Angelou was born in St. Louis, Missouri on April 4, 1928. She was also a dancer, an actress, and a screenwriter. Her name given at birth was Marguerite Johnson (Maya Angelou Author, Activist, Civil…

Like many other religions there are do's and don'ts. All this information was found in The Sacred Book of the Ancient Quiché Maya (Mayan Bible). Like the Christian story of creation the Mayans believed that 4 gods first created animals. Though because they were not literate he then created dirt people although they weren't able to speak clearly and hence dissolved. They then…

Unit 3- Essay Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Brooks was an extremely famous American Poet. She is particularly famous to be the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize. (Gwendolyn Brooks.) Her poems usually covered political topics and related to the injustice faced by the black and underprivileged communities. Her work stand out to me because she expresses such profoundly important and critical issues in the simplest of manners that they can be understood by a young child. Although she uses…

Many poets and authors of books have made an impact on history, and one of those many authors who played a role on impacting history is Nikki Giovanni. During her early years she started of slow as she believed that no one “was much interested in a Black girl writing what was called ‘militant’ poetry.” (Bio Nikki Giovanni) The thing that makes Giovanni a good poet is that she speaks upon the history of African Americans struggle of conquering discrimination. Even with the odds against her she…

THE OLMECS AND THEİR HİSTORY Olmecs we a powerful civilisation that had a great history. The Olmecs were the first civilisation in Mexico following a progressive development in Soconusco. “Olmecs lived in tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in the today states of Veracruz and Tabasco. Olmec civilisation prospered in Pre-Classical Mesoamerica from 1200 BCE to 400 BCE.” And it’s generally considered as the ancestor of all subsequent Mesoamerican cultures such as Mayan and Aztec. While…

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” This quote was told by Maya Angelou about the struggle that she had encountered as a child and eventually, when she wa ready, wrote a book and launched her career. Maya Angelou was extremely important and interesting person because she was involved and made a difference in this world. On April 4, 1928, Maya Angelou was born. Although, that wasn’t birth name, her original name was Marguerite Annie Johnson. She was from St.…

The Vulnerable Heart “Joyas Volodoras” is a poetic essay written by Brian Doyle. In this essay, he first mentions about different creatures and their hearts: hummingbirds, their amazing features including torpor, and them having very little emotions, blue whales, their “yearning cries,” them being very emotional, and always longing for something, even when they have a mate. Then he talks about how the heart is vulnerable. He says no matter how strongly we try to defend ourselves from emotions…