https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization Informational Page en-us 2020-02-06 20:38:32 UTC 2020-02-11 01:01:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://static.interestingengineering.com/images/AUGUST/sizes/Mayan_inventions_Mayan_temple_resize_md.jpg lara73 https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/441919034 The Mayas have many gods, and since the Mayas are advanced in astronomy, many of them are represeted from planets, moons and stars. Click below to find out more!
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Mark, Joshua J. “The Mayan Pantheon: The Many Gods of the Maya.” Ancient History Encyclopedia, Ancient History Encyclopedia, 3 Feb. 2020, www.ancient.eu/article/415/the-mayan-pantheon-the-many-gods-of-the-maya/.]]> 2020-02-07 00:13:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/441919034 lara73 https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/441919126 Caves where extremely important for the Mayans, the people would find caves as places where the gods would dwell. So the people would do sacred rituals in them. Watch the video below to find out more!
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Herrero, Hannah, director. Mayan Cave: Places of Sacred Rituals . National Geographic Society, 9 Nov. 2012, www.nationalgeographic.org/media/mayan-caves-places-sacred-rituals/#mayan-caves.]]> 2020-02-07 00:14:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/441919126 lara73 https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/441919298 Every government has a social structure, but the Mayans had a very distinct one, the king was viewed as a god, or representative of a god.
Citations: Maximastrini. “Maya Social Structure.” In __ Slide Share, 2012, image.slidesharecdn.com/mayasocialstructure-121021185836-phpapp02/95/maya-social-structure-1-638.jpg?cb=1364296351.]]> 2020-02-07 00:14:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/441919298 lara73 https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/441919357 Mayans made astounding achievements during their ancient years. Some of which include agriculture, architecture and astronomy.
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Mayans and, Tikal. "Mayan Science". Mayansandtikal.Com, 2020, https://mayansandtikal.com/mayan-civilisation/mayan-technology/mayan-science/.]]> 2020-02-07 00:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/441919357 lara73 https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/441919421 This extremely useful youtube video shows how we can change the Mayan Number system to our own base 10 numbers.
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Sousa, James. The Mayan Number System: Writing Mayan Number In Base 10. 2020, https://youtu.be/https://gPUOrcilVS0. Accessed 8 Feb 2020.]]> 2020-02-07 00:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/441919421 lara73 https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/441929539 This is a helpful video for those who want to know what authentic Mayan food was. Even if you want to remake it, keep in mind to that this was from hundreds of years ago.
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Matt's Megabites, director. What Is Mayan Food? YouTube, YouTube, 2019, www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTmAYfYcPEc.

]]> 2020-02-07 00:47:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/441929539 lara73 https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/441929558 This image is what us as Americans think of Mayan food, this could be a primary source, or it could have been changed. For me, it seems changed, because it's been a long time since the Mayans where thriving.
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Belize Travel Blog. image. 2020, https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fbelize-travel-blog.chaacreek.com%2F2017%2F11%2Fmayan-food%2F&psig=AOvVaw2ZXBemc9zf64QtUgP1UoWZ&ust=1581452509470000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCNDH6vvnx-cCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE. Accessed 10 Feb 2020.]]> 2020-02-07 00:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/441929558 lara73 https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/442127007 The Mayans where great astronomers, they even used stars and the sun to make their temples.
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NASA. MASA: Mayan Astronomy. 2009, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W9zFwBQb6c. Accessed 8 Feb 2020.]]> 2020-02-07 13:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/442127007 lara73 https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/442127563 The image below shows how the Mayans wrote out their mathematics, which looks much simpler than our numbers. 1,2,3.
Citations: Mastin, Luke. "Mayan Mathematics". Storyofmathematics.Com, 2020, https://www.storyofmathematics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mayan_numerals.gif.]]> 2020-02-07 13:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/442127563 lara73 https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/442362847 The Mayans lived in independent city-states, meaning that each city had their own ruler and community.
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Aveni, Anthony. “Mayan Government.” Mayan Government, 2020, www.webpages.uidaho.edu/arch499/nonwest/mayan/agriculture.htm.]]> 2020-02-07 19:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/442362847 lara73 https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/442362987 This video is an in depth lesson of the mayan civilization, what I got out of this is that the Mayas created a hieratical government, the King on top, and slaves at the bottom.
Citations: "Mayan Civilization: Economy, Politics, Culture & Religion." Study.com, 3 November 2014, study.com/academy/lesson/mayan-civilization-economy-politics-culture-religion.html]]> 2020-02-07 19:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/442362987 lara73 https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/442390184 This image is from the Mayas illustrated to show how they sacrificed people. If you notice, you can see how the sun god is looking down upon them. So they are trying to illustrate the sacrifice is intended to the sun god.
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Cheng, Cindy. “Mayan Sacrifice.” Human Sacrifice In Maya Culture, 2020, scholarblogs.emory.edu/gravematters/files/2017/02/4101852.gif.]]> 2020-02-07 20:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/442390184 lara73 https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/442584907 This is an image of the Mayan Solar Calendar, as you can see, their is a man holding a hieroglyph in the center of the calendar and hieroglyphs around showing each day.
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"The Mayan Calendar" History on the Net
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February 8, 2020 https://www.historyonthenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/600px-Mayan_Zodiac_Circle.jpg]]> 2020-02-08 20:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/442584907 lara73 https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/442744577 This website is great for learning how the Mayans used their own number system to do math like addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
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Schools of Mathematics, and Statistics. “Mayan Mathematics.” Mayan Mathematics, School of Mathematics and Statistics University of St Andrews, Scotland, 2020, mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Mayan_mathematics.html.]]> 2020-02-09 19:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/442744577 lara73 https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/442745014 On the bottom of the page, this website explains how the Mayans made a hot drink for the rich that we call "hot cocoa".
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Kindersley, Dorling. “Fun Facts for Kids on Animals, Earth, History and More!” DK Find Out!, Penguin Random House, 2020, www.dkfindout.com/us/history/mayans/what-did-maya-aztecs-and-incas-eat/.]]> 2020-02-09 19:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/442745014 lara73 https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/443406495 The Mayans believed that their gods lived perfectly human lives, from birth, profession and death. The image below shows 3 of the many gods that the Mayans had.
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Matisons, Dainis. image. 2020, https://mezoamericatribes.weebly.com/uploads/2/5/3/0/25303779/347284749.jpg?347. Accessed 11 Feb 2020.]]> 2020-02-11 00:09:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/443406495 lara73 https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/443409252 This website is a basic overview of Mayan government and religion.
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Matisons, Dainis. "Maya Government & Religion". Maya Government & Religion, 2020, https://mezoamericatribes.weebly.com/maya-government--religion.html.]]> 2020-02-11 00:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/443409252 lara73 https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/443415980 Citations:
Yoo, Sellina. "Technology". Ancient Maya Civilization, 2020, https://ancientmayacivilization.weebly.com/technology.html.]]> 2020-02-11 00:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lara73/The_Mayan_Civilization/wish/443415980