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- two types of calendars, a religious calendar Tzolk'in and solar calendar called the Haab'
- every 52 years the calendars would start on the same day

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- base number of 20
- they wrote their numbers with bars and dots and a oval for zero

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- they used an advanced form of writing called hieroglyphics
- they used symbols to represent words, sounds, or objects

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- began as a client city to the city-state of Tikal
- broke away from Tikal in 600 B.C and became a powerful city-state of its own

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- the dominant Mayan city during the end of the Classical period
- home to the Great Ball Court and Temple of the Warriors

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- one of the first large city-states
- city covered 10 square miles and was home to about 100,000 people
- home to La Danta which is considered to be the largest pyramid in the world by volume

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Dedicated to a god

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with temple on top

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- built for religious purposes
- familiar pyramid shape
- steep steps on the side to climb to the top
The first one has a temple at the top.
- climbed by priests to make sacrifices to their gods
- most important ceremonies were held at the top
- stairs going up the stairs were steep but not steep to not be climbed
The second type of temple is sacred and built to god.
- they are not to be climbed or touched by humans
- sometimes built with traps, tunnels, and secret doors

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Itzamna - god of fire
Chaac - rain god and lightning
Kukulkan - snake god

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