Mayas

Maya civilization developed in several States of Mexico, most of Guatemala, and in certain areas of Belize and Honduras current, from 2000 before J-C approximately. The apogee of this civilization ranged between 250 and 950 after J-C This period was followed by an abrupt decline whose reasons remain mysterious.

THE MAYA COMPANY

The Maya company is organized in systems of classes (religious, noble, warlike, commercial, etc).

The farmers form the most significant group. The principal cultures are the corn, the manioc and the cocoa.

The craftsmen work gold, the money, copper and jade. They practise weaving and ceramics.

The Mayas adore several divinities who all are in relation to nature like Chac, the god of the Rain. They develop a formed elaborate writing of hiéroglyphes. The Mayas are also impassioned for the astronomical observations which enable them to establish two calendars of an exceptional precision for the time.

TALENTED MANUFACTURERS

The Mayas build many cities. The great ceremonial centers are made of very high pyramids provided with staircases precipice. On their top draw up temples. One also finds on these sites of the turn-observatories and the places intended for the "play of ball", an activity connected to the religious beliefs. During the traditional period, the greatest centers where the ceremonies proceed are Palenque, Tikal and center of Chichen Itzá celebrates it.

The Mayas design roads, bridges and systems of irrigation for the cultures very elaborate.

TO GO FURTHER

? mythologies amérindiennes
? Olmèques
? Toltèques
? the Aztec ones

? interactivity: chronology of the Middle Ages

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MAYAS