The Mayan Civilization

By : Mahima Shah

The Area
Occupied 125,000 miles2

CLIMATE

 Northern lowland hot

February May - dry and hot
May October rainy season

HIGHLANDS

 Mountains
Active volcanoes
Rainy season made soil good for
farming

LOWLANDS

 Central and the northern

Few covered with dense tropical forests with

fertile soil
Others rough, dry grass, cactus
Not good for farming but very rich in
limestone

ARCHITECTURE

Limestone
Used in flint which was used to do
stonework

Flint

Limestone

Homes
Mesoamerica (Mexico and central
America)

In cites
Palace for rulers
Plaza (market place)

Temples
Temple of the Cross
Temple of the Sun
Temple of Inscriptions

ART

Jade jewelry
Masks

Earrings

Necklaces

Mask
Very precious to the Mesoamericans
Related with water, life giving fluid
and color of maize plant

Ornaments
Men and women
Form of ear spools, necklaces and
bracelets

Todays World
o Jade Jewelry

Earrings

Necklaces

FARMING

 Most of them were farmers

Used a trick for farming

Slash and burn

Cut down vegetation from a particular area
Burn that area
Ashes will make the soil rich
Plant again
Lasts long
Process repeats

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k
lbikEObiBU

FOOD

 Maize plant

Fruit from trees

Meat and fish

 Men-Farmers
Women-Planting and harvesting time,
cooking, cleaning and sewing

Class Pyramid
Kings and Priests
Officers

Women and Children

Workers

INVENTIONS

Chocolate
Herbal medicines
Basket ball
Rubber
Calender

How did they do it?

Researchers believe
Discovered this accidentally
During a religious ritual
Combined the rubber tree and the
morning-glory plant
Once they realized how strong and
versatile this new material was they
began to use it in a variety of
ways..

Like.

Water-resistant cloth
Glue
Bindings for books
Figurines
Large rubber ball game known as
pokatok

Calendar
Very accurate
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GOVERNMENT

 Governed itself
Had its own noble ruler
Never came together from a single
empire
Constantly at war fighting for tribute

CLOTHING

Clothes
Woven by women
Very traditional
Also used to wear a sash

Kings
Large square cotton cloth wrapped
around shoulders
Cotton or jaguar pelt embroidered
capes

BELIEFS AND VALUES

Gods

Kings
Kings could communicate
With gods
With their dead ancestors
When kings die they become gods

SPORTS AND GAMES

Ulama
Capital T shaped court
Rubber ball
Ball to be kept off ground using

 Keep the ball off the

ground with only

 The game would go on for days and

end with a sacrifice

TRADE

Traded
Extra food and
products

Got
Jade

Colored feathers
With central America
and Mexico
Cocoa beans

TRANSPORTATION

Trade
rs
On feet
(walking)

Dugout
canoes

SCRIPT

 Masters of mathematics and

engineering
Mayan hieroglyphics
https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9LRbL
XMzyM

The end
Spanish people took over Maya
People started to abandon their cities
It was destroyed and lost.

Facts
Excellent beekeepers (raised
stingless bees for honey)

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Across the centuries

Author

Acknowledgements
I thank Miss Madhu and Miss Flona to
give me an opportunity to research on
Mayan civilization and know a lot
about past civilizations and the history.