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Where was the Mayan Civilization located?

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Acan the Mayan God of Drink. Acan is the Mayan God of wine, alcohol and intoxication.

Chaac - Chaac was the god of rain and lightning. He had a lighting axe that he used to strike the clouds and produce rain and storms.

Itzamna also known as "Lizard House" was the god of fire. He created the earth and ruler of heaven and day and night. Ancient Mayans believed that he gave them the calendar and writing.

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Functions:
-Were built for religious purposes
-The buildings were covered in carvings and statues to honor their gods and kings

-One of the two types of pyramids had a temple on the top and was meant to be climbed by the priests to make sacrifices to the gods.
-The stairs going up the sides of these pyramids were steep
-The second type of pyramid was a sacred pyramid built to a god
-There were still steps going up the sides of these pyramids

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El Mirador:
-El Mirador was one of the first large city-states of the Maya civilization.
-It is thought that, at its peak, over 100,000 people lived in the city.

Chichen Itza:
-Chichen Itza was the dominant Maya city-state during the end of the Classic period and the Post-classic period.
-It is the home of many famous structures including El Castillo

Tikal:
-Tikal became one of the most powerful city-states in the history of the Maya civilization during the Classic period of Maya history.
- The tallest pyramid in Tikal is called Temple IV at over 230 feet high.

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Writing:
-The Maya used an advanced form of writing called hieroglyphics.
-Their writing looks similar to the ancient Egyptians, but is actually quite different.
- In Mayan hieroglyphics, they used symbols (also called glyphs) to represent words, sounds, or objects.

Numbers:
-The Maya used a number system with the base number of 20 (we use a base-10 number system).
-They wrote numbers using a system of bars and dots.
- A bar represented the number 5. Every 5 numbers they added another bar.

Calendar:
-The Maya had two kinds of calendars, a religious calendar called the Tzolk'in and a solar calendar called the Haab'.
-Every 52 years the two calendars would start on the same day.