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- The Mayan's used hieroglyphics
- Ink was made from coal
- Leather and Bark were used to write on

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- Base number 20 system
- Bar represented 5
- Used a system of bars and dots

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- Had a solar and religious calendar
- The solar calendar has 18 months
- The religious one had a 20 day and 13 day cycle

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- One of the most powerful city states
- Had six pyramids

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- Dominant city state at end of classic period
- Had famous structures
- Had the Temple of the Warriors

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- First large city-state
- Over 100,000 people living there
- City center covered 10 square miles

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- Made for a god
- People didn't touch it
- Sometimes built with secret entrances and traps

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- Had temple on top
- Used by priests
- Used for sacrifices

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- To worship Gods
- Religious ceremonies
- To make sacrifices

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- God of rain and lightning
- Had a lightning axe
-used the axe to make storms and rain

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- Also known as Huracan
- God of wind, storms, and fire
- Would cause flood when gods were angered (from Mayan mythology)

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- One of the most important Mayan gods
-  Was the god of fire and created earth
- Is also ruler of heaven and day and night