The Mighty Mayan Civilization by Maria-Fernanda Rodriguez-Medina https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization Shideh Moayed, Hedieh Fahami, Maria Fernanda Rodriguez Medina en-us 2016-01-26 16:46:49 UTC 2025-09-24 06:56:13 UTC hello@padlet.com http://www.mundoprimaria.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Calendario-maya-kukulk%C3%A1n-..jpg Mayan Religious Ceremonies rodriguezmedinam682 https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/113980560 * The Maya worshipped many gods related to the aspects of their daily life.
*The Maya believed their kings communicated with Gods.
* The Maya believed that the gods could be helpful or harmful, so people tried to please them so they could prevent disasters or the end of the world.
*The Maya believed that they needed blood to please the gods.
* Every person offered blood to the gods by piercing their tongue or skin.
*The Maya sometimes held special ceremonies to give blood at events such as births, weddings and funerals.
* On special occasions when they thought they needed more blood, they made human sacrifices.
* For human sacrifices, they used prisoners captured in battle
*A priest would offer human hearts to stone carvings of gods.                                                                               
*These sacrifices usually took place in a temple.
                                                                              By: Maria Fernanda Rodriguez
]]> 2016-06-07 17:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/113980560 Lower Class Daily Life moayeds139 https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/113980716 * The upper class of Maya society included different groups of people. The king held the highest point in society. Priests, warriors, and merchants were also part of the upper class. Kings led battles and were often involved in religious ceremonies. Rulers had beautiful clothing and jewelry. Kings wore feather headdresses and capes of cotton, jaguar skins, and feathers. The people at the bottom of the Mayan social ladder were the farmers and slaves. These two groups made up the base of the power pyramid of the Mayas. Most people in Mayan civilization were farmers, but their rights in society were not much better than those of slaves. Slaves were usually captured enemies or criminals from within the Mayan citizenry.
                      By: Shideh Moayed ]]> 2016-06-07 17:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/113980716 Lower Class Support moayeds139 https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/113981264  The lower class supported the class with food and labor, but the upper class also helped the lower class. For example, upper class Maya led the religious ceremonies that were vital to the daily life for all classes of society.
         By: Shideh Moayed]]> 2016-06-07 17:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/113981264 moayeds139 https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/113983477 2016-06-07 18:13:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/113983477 rodriguezmedinam682 https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114008017 2016-06-07 23:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114008017 moayeds139 https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114118868 2016-06-08 17:52:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114118868 The types of gods in maya's religion. moayeds139 https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114119931 2016-06-08 18:00:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114119931 Palenque rodriguezmedinam682 https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114121445 *The Palenque Mayan ruins once hold great political power.
*Only site in Mayan culture that allowed women to rule.
* UNESCO World Heritage Site
* The total area of the archeological site is 1780 hectares, 09 areas and 49 square meters and 1,400 buildings have been recorded, of which only about 10% have been explored.
   By: Maria Fernanda Rodriguez Medina
]]> 2016-06-08 18:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114121445 Art And Architecture moayeds139 https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114121970 Some of the best known Maya art is their sculpture  And their jade and gold jewelry. They carved stone sculptures of kings and Gods of their cities. Maya cities showed the talent of their architects and Builders . The Maya built cities without the use of metal tools. They didn’t have wheeled vehicles to carry supplies either. Workers used obsidian tools to cut limestone into blocks. Workers rolled the giant blokes  over logs and lifted them to ropes to carry them. It took many workers to build Maya cities, perhaps the most recognizable Maya achievement.
                By: Maria Fernanda Rodriguez]]> 2016-06-08 18:18:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114121970 Most Important Achievement rodriguezmedinam682 https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114239339 In our opinion the most important Mayan achievement is the building of temples and great cities without using modern machinery because they are still standing among us and many of these temples and buildings are considered  UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and we think that without all these buildings we wouldn't know much about the Maya and their culture and traditions because many information about them is encrypted on these buildings.
By: Maria Fernanda, Shideh Moayed, Hedieh Fahami]]> 2016-06-09 16:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114239339 The Cause Of Maya's Fall moayeds139 https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114239753
  • Increased warfare brought the end of the Maya Classic  Age. { Competition between cities for land may have increased. This competition could have led to even more warfare than before.
  • As cities grew, perhaps the Maya couldn’t grow enough food to feed everyone. Growing the same crops year after year might have left the soil too weak for farming.
  • Climate might have played a role in the collapse of Maya civilization. The region suffered from a long dry period and droughts for about 150 years. A drier climate and droughts would have made it hard to grow enough food to feed everyone in the cities. 
    •                      By: Hedieh Fahami
    ]]>     2016-06-09 16:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114239753     moayeds139 https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114240658 2016-06-09 16:52:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114240658 Maya's Location moayeds139 https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114241451
    ]]>     2016-06-09 17:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114241451     Achievements on Writing and Oral traditions. moayeds139 https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114242443 The Maya developed a writing system; similar to Egyptian hieroglyphics. Symbols represented both objects and sounds. The Maya created records, especially about the achievements of their kings, by carving symbols into large stone tablets. They also wrote in bark-paper books. Stories and poetry passed down orally from one generation to the next. After the Spanish arrived, Maya legends and history were written in a book called The Popol Vuh. This book provides valuable information about the Maya.]]> 2016-06-09 17:08:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114242443 Achievements on Science and Math rodriguezmedinam682 https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114242446  The Maya built observatories, or buildings to study astronomy, so their priests could study the stars. Maya astronomers figured out that a year is about 365 years long. They also learned about the cycles of the moon and how to predict eclipses.  Based on their discoveries, the Maya developed calendars. They had a religious calendar to plan religious events.The Maya used a different calendar for agriculture, which had symbols for different months tied to farming activities such as farming and harvesting. The Maya calendar was more accurate than the calendar used in Europe at the time. The Maya created a number system that included some new concepts in math. For example, the Maya were among the first people with a symbol for zero. They used their number system to record important dates in their history 
     By:Maria Fernanda,Hedieh Fahami,Shideh Moayed. ]]>     2016-06-09 17:08:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114242446     Temples moayeds139 https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114243314 A temple is a building that people use for worshipping gods or for other religious purposes. The houses of worship in many ancient religions were called temples. Hinduism, Buddhism, and several other religions today also have temples. The architecture, or building style, of temples varies from place to place.
                      By: Hedieh Fahami]]>     2016-06-09 17:16:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114243314     moayeds139 https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114343759 2016-06-10 15:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114343759 The Ball Game rodriguezmedinam682 https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114344382 In addition to being a sport, it had a religious significance. Although there were many versions of the game, it was always played on a court shaped like a capital I. Two teams would compete against each other to get a large rubber ball through a stone ring. The ball had to be kept off the ground using only knees, elbows, or hips, never the handas or feet. Prisoners of war were forced to play ulama, and the losers may have been put to death. The largest ball court has been found at Chichen Itza in Mexico. ]]> 2016-06-10 15:50:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rodriguezmedinam682/Mightymayancivilization/wish/114344382