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250-900

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Mayans were a might civilization based in the low rainy forest, of southern Mexico, Guatemala and Belize whose culture peeked around 800 a.d

The Warfare has changes a little in the past couple years. However one part has changed the spiritual side of warfare.

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Mayans did not use money, in the modern sense. there were no universally accepted form of currency which could be used anywhere in the Maya region.  Even valuable items, such as cacao seeds, salt or gold tended to vary in value from one region or city-state to another, often rising in value the farther away these items were from their source.

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Maya Women would wake up at 4 am & make breakfast for their family. By 5 am the husbands would leave with their sons and would go harvest the maize. In mid-afternoon men&boys would go back tot he fields and hunt or check on their traps along the way.

They would kill birds with blowpipes and clay pallets.

When the men got home they would take hot baths & after the wifes would make dinner for the husbands but not eat with them, wifes would eat after their husband had eaten.

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The Farmers had their own plots of island& gardens as next to their houses

Each Village had a communal land which everyone would help a tend.

Farmers would drain swampy areas,& in closed with erath banks to keep the water out so they could plant crops.

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The Maya had no central king ruling their huge empire. Instead, there were as many as 20 separate areas,
similar to ancient Greece city-states. Each major city had its own ruler and noble class supported by
smaller cities and the surrounding farms and villages.

The Mayan people were also skilled farmers. In order to farm, they had to clear huge sections of
tropical rain forest. Groundwater was scarce in these areas, so they had to build large underground
reservoirs to store the rainwater.

The Mayans were great at farming & The valleys were marshy & scattered with Island

The Ancient Maya developed the science of astronomy, calendar systems and hieroglyphic writing.
They were also known for creating elaborate ceremonial architecture, such as pyramids, temples,
palaces and observatories. These structures were all built without metal tools.

They created a civilization that was at its peak while the Roman Empire was crumbling

The Ancient Mayan lived in the Yucatán around 2600 B.C. Today, this area is southern Mexico,
Guatemala, northern Belize and western Honduras. By 250 A.D., the Ancient Maya were at their
peak of power.