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    The Mayan Civilization

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    The Mayan Civilization at its height was one of the greatest civilization to ever reign on the planet. Their advances in astronomy and mathematics well in advance has helped present civilizations to prosper. But one of the great questions is what happened to the Mayans? Why did they collapse? What caused them to collapse? It is a question that had gone unanswered for decades until some of the worlds great historians and scientist finally concluded to three reasons why the Mayan Civilization collapsed

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    Mayan Civilizations

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    Many ancient civilizations had noteworthy accomplishments, specifically in Mesoamerica three civilizations had many great feats in the time of which they prospered. These imposing civilizations were the Mayans, who were cultured with advancements in mathematics and sciences. The Aztec who had a detailed understanding of the trade. And lastly the Incas who developed vast road and irrigation channels that connected their empire. The Mayan civilization had a highly advanced society which made substantial

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    The Mayan Civilization: For many centuries the Mayan was of life was a mystery to archaeologists. Their geography, social structure, government, economy/trade, technology, writing, and arts were all thought to be forever lost. Now, as archaeologists are still uncovering more information, what was once referred to as “The Lost Civilization of Maya”, has been awakened from the grave of unknown. Geography: The ancient Mayan Civilization surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean stretched

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    of time” (p.3). Civilizations have risen and fallen throughout history, however, few collapses were as spectacular as the those of the three pre-Colombian civilizations of Mesoamerica: the Inca, the Aztec and the Maya. History has been persistent in blaming the Spanish Conquest for the loss of the Mesoamerican civilizations. And while the arrival of the Spanish did cease the development of these cultures in a dramatic and definitive way, in hindsight, each of these civilizations were lost as a result

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    The Mayan Civilization

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    The Mayan civilization was a bountiful society that flourished from around 300 BCE to 900 CE and, according to some, lasted for up to 3000 years. During the height of their civilization, the Maya built a prominent society and created many inventions, some of which are used today. They are well known for creating the first writing system called cuneiform, the concept of zero, calendars, mathematics, ball-courts, and the length of the solar year measured at about 365.242 days. Having first migrated

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    The Mayans were a unique civilization with the most sophistication in mesoamerica (1800 BC-250 AD). In this civilization, the major cities include Tikal and Chichen Itza, however independent city-states are run by, kings. Mayans had a polytheistic religion where they believed in afterlife. In addition, Mayans built temples, pyramids for sacrifices, and bloodletting. Yet, they were excellent astronomers. Here priests charted movements of planets, moon, and sun. Also, these distinctive people created

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    Mayan Civilization and Culture

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    The Ancient Mayan civilization contained nearly two-thirds of Mesoamerica. The area included mostly volcanic mountains to porous limestone, also referred to as the lowlands in the more central regions. Mayan civilization extended from Belize and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula in the north, to Honduras in the south. What made the Mayans stand out to me the most, were their complex societies, which were built and modernized far ahead of its time in a tropical rainforest climate (Aissen, 1992). Normally

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    History constantly inundates our knowledge of advanced civilizations of yester- worlds such as the great Mayan civilization. Yet it has taken researchers a lot of time trying to ravel the mystery that surrounds the sudden and abrupt disappearance of a great civilization. Perchance, how could such an advanced society disappear without bequeathing the world with any tangible evidence of their downfall? Was its sudden collapse a sign of cataclysm, or abandonment as a result of political upheavals? Researchers

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    between Mayan artwork like the Cylindrical vessel with ritual ballgame scene and Pablo Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon are pronounced. The best way to understand the Mayan is to have some historical information about them. The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization from around 2000 BCE to 1500 CE. This civilization developed in areas like Guatemala, Belize, Mexico, Yucatán Peninsula, western El Salvador and Honduras. Ritual, religion, and Cosmology are essential components of Mayan life

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    Mayan Architecture Represented Through Their Beautiful Art The Mayan civilization is identified for many significant accomplishments, one of those significant accomplishments is their architecture. The Mayan civilization was capable of building massive structures such as; palaces, temples and pyramids. Each Mayan pyramids is dedicated to a deity. The Mayans were also known for their art, their developed writing, astronomical and mathematical systems, and supernatural beliefs. One of the major

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