Kira Fisher; Period: 2; The Mayans by https://padlet.com/kira_f311/6bojckcfuoqo Info about the tribe and why I want to be in it. en-us 2017-09-26 15:17:29 UTC 2025-08-25 22:07:35 UTC hello@padlet.com The Mayans :D kira_f311 https://padlet.com/kira_f311/6bojckcfuoqo/wish/191307778 I chose the Mayan Tribe because they were so advanced. If I were to choose where I would be born if it was at that time, I would be born a Mayan]]> 2017-09-26 15:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kira_f311/6bojckcfuoqo/wish/191307778 Where Did The Mayans Live? kira_f311 https://padlet.com/kira_f311/6bojckcfuoqo/wish/191720205 Many Mayans lived in present day Mexico and in Central America. These included Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador.]]> 2017-09-27 15:23:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kira_f311/6bojckcfuoqo/wish/191720205 Enviornment And Surroundings kira_f311 https://padlet.com/kira_f311/6bojckcfuoqo/wish/191721310 The Mayans usually lived in wet forests and jungles rather than hot deserts like other tribes. They had cool temperatures and moist air most of the time.]]> 2017-09-27 15:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kira_f311/6bojckcfuoqo/wish/191721310 Did They Have Slaves? kira_f311 https://padlet.com/kira_f311/6bojckcfuoqo/wish/191721984 As far as I could tell, no. The Mayans did not go to war, so they didn't have any prisoners of war to turn into slaves. They did all the work themselves.]]> 2017-09-27 15:25:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kira_f311/6bojckcfuoqo/wish/191721984 What Were Their Houses Like? kira_f311 https://padlet.com/kira_f311/6bojckcfuoqo/wish/191722540 The Mayans lived in either stone brick houses with straw roofs or in wooden houses with grass roofs.]]> 2017-09-27 15:26:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kira_f311/6bojckcfuoqo/wish/191722540 Mayan Religion kira_f311 https://padlet.com/kira_f311/6bojckcfuoqo/wish/191723184 The Mayans belived in gods, so they built temples for them. At these temples and pyramids, they had a preist preform a sacrifice ritual to please the gods. The preist would paint the person being sacrificed in blue paint and then remove their heart while they were still breathing.]]> 2017-09-27 15:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kira_f311/6bojckcfuoqo/wish/191723184 Mayan Clothing kira_f311 https://padlet.com/kira_f311/6bojckcfuoqo/wish/191724026 Mayans had bright colored clothing made from wool and light fabrics. Women would wear loose blouses and skirts around their waist, and men would wear kilts and turbans on their heads. In the winter, they would wear ponchos to keep warm.]]> 2017-09-27 15:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kira_f311/6bojckcfuoqo/wish/191724026 Mayan Fun Facts kira_f311 https://padlet.com/kira_f311/6bojckcfuoqo/wish/191724950 1) The Mayans used over 30 different languages
2) They developed a writing stystem
3) There was a popular drink called 'Blache', made from a blache tree.
4) Mayan parents named their child on what day they were born. There was a calendar with different names for different days that all Mayan parents had.
5) No one knows why or how the Mayans dissapered, as they were very advanced and never went to war.]]> 2017-09-27 15:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kira_f311/6bojckcfuoqo/wish/191724950