Yucatán

partitioned into nine topographic locales: the Mexican Plateau, the Sierra Madre Oriental, the Sierra Madre Occidental, the Cordillera Neo-Volcánica, the Gulf Coastal Plain, the Pacific Coastal Lowlands, Baja California, the Southern Highlands, and the Yucatán Peninsula. AGRICULTURAL In spite of the fact that corn is recorded as Mexico's top agrarian yield, understand that its white corn which is used for the majority of human utilization at home in Mexico. Crops is one of the most importatnt…

Maya societies put an emphasis on the centrality of the royal household, especially towards the ruler of that household. Most kingdoms were built around the ruling house. Spanish sources invariably describe even the largest Maya settlements of Yucatán and Guatemala areas as being dispersed collections of dwellings that were grouped around the temples and palaces of the ruling dynasty or nobles. Some researchers argue that Maya cities were structured in such a way that were not actually meant…

The human race begins roughly around 2.4 million years ago, and is disbursed throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe. It is from the Homo ergaster, who remained in Africa, however, that evolved into Homo sapiens. Moreover, natural selection is the outcome of species who survived by adapting to global climate changes during migration process, thereby producing offspring and strengthening their kind in the evolutionary process. It was fifteen thousand years ago, an immense migration of people made…

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…

It started with another flood. It then followed with an appearance of a comet in 1517. This was seen to be their impending doom. Then, two years following was the landing of Hernan Cortes on the Yucatan Peninsula. Cortes ended up arriving in the city in 1519. Hernan Cortes was one of the most famous Spanish conquerors. One thing that he accomplished would be that he over through the Aztec’s empire. Cortes formed allies with Tlaxcala, creating enemies…

If Spain lost the war then Columbus would be on a comparison with titans of evil as in regular history, such as Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini and Mao. Children all over the world would learn of the Butcher of Tenochtitlan, the Italian Wolf who ate the Yucatan, and the Destroyer of Cuzco, he would be seen as a man who nearly ended the world, but if it was not for the bravery of the French or English or Chinese than Spain would have done far worse to the rest of the world. If Spain had won the war…

I pray that this letter finds you and the family in the best of health and spirit. I have traveled to the Americas, to reconnect with our distant family acquaintance and relative Nicolas de Ovando. Nicolas has become the Governor of Hispaniola and I’m proud of him. I have been helping Nicolas with establishing a colony for a large number of years. I enjoy what I do here and it is definitely better than law school. I took part in a very big expedition and we captured many Indians who became…

In the documentary Cracking the Maya Code, we follow the process of how the glyphs were deciphered by a team of archaeologists, artists, adventurers, and linguistists. The reason why nobody could understand the glyphs stemmed in the 16th century when the Spanish Inquisition came to the “New World”. Diego De Landa played a major role in the destruction of the Maya code, his mission was to convert the Mayan to Catholicism. However, he saw them as “devil worshipers” as they believe in making…

Triceratops are one of the most famous types of dinosaurs. They have been named the state fossil of South Dakota and named the state dinosaur of Wyoming. A person can watch Triceratops interact with other dinosaurs in the movie Jurassic Park and read about them in many children’s books (Triceratops Wikipedia). Triceratops are part of the Ornithischian family. Triceratops were named by Orthniel Marsh in 1889 after some brow horns were found near Denver, Colorado in 1887 (Fastovsky). This…

Egyptian civilization, located in Africa, was at their peak from 2640-1814 BC, but their pyramid building was done primarily from 2660 BC and 2180 BC. The Mayan civilization was at their peak around 200- 900 BC and was located in Mesoamerica in the Yucatan.…