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I chose the Mayans because I would want to play the ball game. I also think the calendar is cool and I would probably want to help make it. I also liked how they were very advanced.

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They were a very big civilization, so they lived in many different places. Most of them lived in Mexico. The others lived in Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize.

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They lived in hot climates. They lived in jungles and rain-forests. They also planted their own crops.

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Yes, they had slaves that built all the statues. The slaves were from the war. And so they had them do all the handy work.

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The Mayans built many cities. they lived in little huts. And they built big pyramids.

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The temples on top of the pyramids were religious centers. They believed the gods controlled everything that happened on earth. On special days they had festivals.

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They wore gold jewelry and detailed headdresses. They wore short sleeved shirts since it was hot in the rain forest. Males wore pants and females wore skirts.

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They were very skilled astronomers, they knew a lot about the sun and stars.

They made a very accurate calendar based on their knowledge of astronomy.

It is believed that each city had more than 100,000 inhabitants.

Mayans had over 30 closely related languages and dialects.

Mayans named their children based on the day they were born. Each day had a specific name for a boy and girl