Maya


 * Maya!!!**

Climate In summer it was very hot and sunny. In the day it wasbarely cold and it rained almost evryday.

__Physical Features__ Belize is in the middle of the Ancient Maya world. The mayans skin colour was tan and they also usually had black hair. There clothes were made of feathers and animal coats and the other parts they used for there jewlry.

__Use of the Environment__ It is a mystery how the ancient Mayans used the land but some belive they got their food from the land, gardening and hunting. The mayans used the enviornment to get materials to build they're houses like gravel for a floor. The walls were wood and covered with clay. Sometimes the house would have a wood base too.

__Government__ The Mayan were not a unified empire. The Mayan adopted the hierarchical system of government with nobles and kings. To become a king there was a blood sacrifice. Also a king had to take a prisoner of war, and the prisoner was used as a victim in a ceremony. A king would usually be succeeded by his younger brother or son. Some families would rule for hundreds of years. The societies consisted of as many as 20 states each with a rural farming community with large urban sites built around ceremonial centers.

__Social Needs__ Ancient Mayan's wrote in heroglyphics .They wrote on big stone slates and temple walls.

Like today the mayans had games but those games were not like the ones today. One was a ball game. The game had two teams but sadley no one knows how many players were on a single team. They had to hit a ball in between two markers. The mayans also used money but not like what we have today. They used cocoa beans but they also used stones shells and a couple of other things. Sometimes they even traded their slaves for money wich would be cocoa beans. That is an odd way of using money.

__Values and Beliefs__ The Mayan religion centered around the worship of many gods. Their amazing architecture remain, as great centers they used for religious ceremonies. The mayans belived that their kings were related in some way to there gods. They also belived that one of their gods didn't like sacrifice but they still did have some sacrifices but not very often. Mayans did have many belifes but those were just couple.

__Scientific and Technological Advances__ The Mayan's used bone,metals,soil,stone and wood to make weapons and tools. The tools rarely got cleaned but the blades of the weapons got sharpened.

= = __Food__ Mayan's favorite food was corn and chocolate. The main foods of the maya were corn, beans and squash. The corn was most important because it was high in nutrients. They would dry the corn and then grind it up to make a flat dry bread. The beans were high in protein and were mashed up to eat. The squash was eaten raw, dried and the seeds were roasted for a snack.

__Other__ The Ancient Mayans lived in small villages. They lived in one room rectaglular homes made out of Sascab for the floors and wood walls covered in Adobe meaning sun-dried bricks.

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The Mayan Flag

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