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Where was the Maya Civilization located?

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Where was the Maya Civilization located?

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- god of fire who created the heavens
- created the Mayan calendar and writing
- ruler of day and night

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- the god of snakes
- depicted as a snake with feathers
- He was one of the more popular gods in Mayan culture.

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- god of storm, wind, and fire.
- name is like the word hurricane.
- believed that the caused a great flood when the gods were angered.

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- temple at the top
- steep steps leading up to the top
- temple at the top was used for human sacrifices
- important religious events at the top.

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- untouched by human hand
- built with hidden traps
- usually too steep to climb to the top of the pyramid, unless you use brute strength
- built in a god's honor

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- first largest city state
- 100,000 plus people lived there
- survived up until 1 C.E.

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- most famous for the El Castillo
- had the biggest ball courts
- biggest city state during the end of the classic period

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- powerful city state in the classical period
- tallest pyramid was called "Temple IV."
- had six large pyramids

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- used an advanced form of hieroglyphs
- wealthy Maya people learned how to read and write, not the poor.
- Maya wrote on long pieces of paper made up leather or bark.

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- created with bars and dots.
- used a based 20 number system, not 10.

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- two kinds of calendars: the Tzok'in and the Haab
- solar calendar had 18 months with 20 days
- solar calendar had "5 unlucky days" to create a total of 365 days.