https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins PERIOD 1 (can you see it) en-us 2018-12-19 16:18:12 UTC 2025-10-26 23:22:46 UTC hello@padlet.com 1047578 https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/315920859 Map showing where the Mayan Civilzation]]> 2018-12-19 16:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/315920859 1047578 https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/315921572 This was the most important god, because it created the earth. He is also the god of fire, ruler of heaven, and ruler of day and night. He was also thought to give them calendar and writing. ]]> 2018-12-19 16:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/315921572 1047578 https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/315922683 He was an important snake god. He was also the main god of the Itza people in the later part of the civilization. He was drawn as a dragon.]]> 2018-12-19 16:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/315922683 1047578 https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/315923864 He is known also as by the name Huracan. His name means "one leg." He was the god of storms, wind, and fire. Based on Maya mythology, when the Maya angered the gods, Huracan caused a big flood.  ]]> 2018-12-19 16:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/315923864 1047578 https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/315926631 There types were:
*The first type of pyramid had a temple on the top 
* Where priests could perform religious practices.  
* The second type was a sacred pyramid built to god.
* Could not be touched by humans]]> 2018-12-19 16:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/315926631 1047578 https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/315932710 2018-12-19 16:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/315932710 1047578 https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/315933526 1. One of the largest city-states of the civilzation.
2. At its peak, it had 100,000 people in the city]]> 2018-12-19 16:52:23 UTC https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/315933526 1047578 https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/315935203 * Home of many famous structures
* El Castillo temple is located here.]]> 2018-12-19 16:56:24 UTC https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/315935203 1047578 https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/315937335 * One of the most powerful city-states in the civilization.
* Was large, having 6 pyrmaids and thousands of structure.]]> 2018-12-19 17:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/315937335 1047578 https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/315938404 Writing
* Hieroglyphics for writing.
* Only wealthy people learned how to write.
Numbers
* base-system of 20 instead of 10(modern)
* Numbers were bars and dots.
Calendar
* Two calendars: the Tzolk'in and the Haab.
* Haab was a solar calendar consisting of 19 months. 
* Tzolk'n had 260 days.]]> 2018-12-19 17:04:07 UTC https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/315938404 1047578 https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/316428415 *Monuments representing their gods, and
*at the top of the pyramid, temples were built for rituals and sacrifices.]]> 2018-12-21 16:17:49 UTC https://padlet.com/1047578/tvh2nk5r3ins/wish/316428415