# data[].attributes.body
Period 3

# data[].attributes.body
They believed in Deities.
A deity is a God or a Goddess(in a polytheistic religion). So the Mayans believed in a god/goddess. The pantheon is one of the many Gods they believed in.

# data[].attributes.body
This Civilization had a unique way of playing ball. They had a hoop way up on a wall. Many scientist believed that they hit the ball with there hips and tried to make it in. Sometimes the slaves would play for their freedom. If they won they would be set free. If not they didn't win they would die. Sometimes people would be playing for life or death.

# data[].attributes.body
The Mayan's had a very intense but accurate calendar. This calendar had been made by using the stars. This very accurate calendar had been used up until 2015. The Mayan's were a very smart and intelligent civilization.

# data[].attributes.body
The Aztecs were very smart and intelligent. They had built aqueducts. What are aqueducts?  Well they are an artificial channel for conveying water. The Aztecs lived on a lake, which is now the capitol of Mexico. This was very useful since they lived in the middle of the lake which is now the capital of Mexico

# data[].attributes.body
One of the Aztecs culture was doing human sacrifices. They did these because they believed that they owed everything to the Gods. They believed that if they sacrificed humans and animals that the Gods would grant them good crops for the year. Archaeologists believed that they sacrificed a few thousand a year. The Aztecs made the sacrifices walk up a bunch of stairs to where they would be sacrificed.

# data[].attributes.body
The Aztec's were at the height of the Government when the Europeans came. Invaders led by the Spanish Conquistador. They overthrew the Aztec's with force and captured the Tenochtitlan in the 1521, bringing an end to the Mesoamerica last great native civilization.

# data[].attributes.body
The Mound Builder's obviously built mounds, or else why would they be called that. We can only assume that they built mounds for safety reason's. Maybe they built them from protection against armies. Well the real reason they did was they actually built mounds for religious purposes. All archaeologist can assume that the mound builders were very organized and very self efficient. They used tools and their hands to build the mounds.

# data[].attributes.body
The Mound Builder's did not stay as one big civilization forever like most tribes do. The weather they had where they had built their mound civilization was rough. They lived by the Mississippi river so when winds or rains got rough the river would overflow and hit the mounds

# data[].attributes.body
When the Mound Builder's built their mounds they usually built it over family members or their governors. They built mounds over their dead and had different items to bury with them, so that they were able to be identified easily. The burial mounds represented various social groups that oriented themselves in the center.

# data[].attributes.body
The Inca's were very different in like not doing human sacrifices, or building very intense and accurate calendar's(etc). They actually were book keeper's. They thought it very important maintain policy. They had kept a very peaceful civilization until the Europeans.

# data[].attributes.body
The Inca's actually did brain surgery. They usually did this surgery after injuries in war. Most proved to be fatal, for most  of the oldest skulls showed no signs of bone healing. This surgery was probably perfected overtime. But by the 1400's, survival rates approached 90%, and infection levels were very low.

# data[].attributes.body
This tribe had one of the most intense writing system ever. This system is called the Quipu. This writing system was made by using knots. It look something like a skirt but full of knots. This may have been used if there was a war and the other side did not know how to translate it and they could make plans to over take them. This was very useful when getting captured in war.

# data[].attributes.body
I would probably have to be in the Mayan tribe. I love playing sports. Some of my favorite sports are softball and basketball which both involve balls. I am also starting to really enjoy volleyball. The Mayan tribe like stated before, had their own unique ball game which is kind of like basketball.

# data[].attributes.headline
What writing system did the Mayans Have?

# data[].attributes.subject
What writing system did the Mayans Have?

# data[].attributes.body
This tribe had a writing system know as the Mayan script, also known as Mayan glyph's or Mayan hieroglyphs. This is the writing civilization for the Mayan's and is the only Mesoamerican writing system that has been substantially deciphered.

# data[].attributes.headline
What type of clothing worn in the Mayan tribe?

# data[].attributes.subject
What type of clothing worn in the Mayan tribe?

# data[].attributes.body
In general, children were naked, and men wore loincloths, adding tunics, or shirts, and cloaks in colder weather. The dress of women was more variable. Mayan women wore skirts with or without a scarf tied to cover their breasts. None of the clothing was cut to fit the body. Any holes needed for the head were left during the weaving process

# data[].attributes.body
The religion had most aspects of nature, astronomy, and rituals. Most Gods represented a form in nature, for example, Sun God, Kinih Ahous, or Maize God, Yum Kaax. The Mayans were known for their intense calendar and astronomical buildings. They use these things for their religious rituals. They built pyramids like the Egyptian's the only difference is it is flat on top with temples on them.

# data[].attributes.body
The Mayan's are located in Central America who have continuously inhabited the lands comprising modern-day Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Tabasco, and Chiapas in Mexico and southward through Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras. They lived near the Aztec Civilization as well. They may have been friends, but they may have also been enemies and could have wars against one another.