PPT-Maya Calendars and Writing: 1

Numbers and Calendars October 2012 Graham Atkinson Overview Numbers Calendars Tzolkin Haab Long Count Distance numbers Lords of the night Lunar series References Michael D Coe and Mark Van Stone Reading the Maya Glyphs 2. Bishop . Diego de . Landa. . set . about burning thousands of carved images and killing the population. . Only . three . Mayan . Codices examples of . Maya . writing, . have . survived . http://anthguatemala.blogspot.com/2011/05/reading-ancestors.html. Maya, Aztec, & Inca. Maya - Location. southern Mexico into northern Central American called the Yucatan Peninsula . Maya - Climate. dense, steamy rain forests. Maya – Time Period. 250-900 . a.d. Maya: 2000 BC. Maya art is considered by many to be the most sophisticated and beautiful of the ancient New World. Maya Art Depicts:. Gods. Great Rulers. Heroes. Religious Themes. Daily Life. The Maya used natural materials to make their colors. Valenti’s. World History Class. Saddleback Valley, CA. http://bit.ly/1qPNkMk. Thanks Mrs. . Valenti. !. Maya Achievements. Main Idea 3:. The Maya made achievements in . art, science, math, and writing.. Mayan Glyphs. Mayan writing looks like a set of pictures. Each picture is called a glyph.. For . many years the ancient . Mayan glyphs . were a mystery to the world and could not be read by anyone. Not even modern Maya people.. By: . D. a. p. h. n. e. ,. . A. r. i. e. l. , . S. h. e. r. l. i. n. , . C. a. r. l. o. s. . The Government of ancient Maya By: Daphne Steinreich . Webpages.uidaho states . “. They lived in independent city-. Explain the rise and fall of the . Olmec. , . Maya, . Aztec, and Inca empires. . Compare the culture of the Americas; include government, economy, religion, and the arts of the . Maya, . Aztecs, and Incas. . Ancient Calendars. Many ancient civilizations created calendars based on the patterns they observed from the stars. By studying the movements of the sun, the moon, the planets and the stars, they could create very accurate calendars based on the predictable movements of these celestial bodies.. Art; Video Game. Setting: . . Calendars appear everywhere! Of course they predominantly come into play at the end and beginning of a calendar year (I even had to use the word calendar to define the time period I’m talking about…). Calendars and the History of Time WORLD HISTORY READERS Level 1- ① The First Calendars What did the first calendars help farmers and hunters predict? • When it would rain • When it would be hot Class system. The . ruling . class. The . nobility. . Peasants. . Slaves. TASK: . Create a “Pyramid of Power. ” in your packet using . the information provided above . and. . your . textbook. . Building a Civilization in the Rain Forest. 2.1 A. Challenges of the Rain Forest . The classic Maya settled in the . Yucatan Peninsula . in modern-day . Guatemala. , Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, SE Mexico. :. . Karol Díaz. . Andrea Ruiz. Milena Márquez. elizabeth. niño. E.N.S. PRESENTADO . A LA LIC. ARACELY MORA GARCIA. 10-1. HISTORIA MAYA. En el 2.000 a.C. los mayas conocieron el cultivo del maíz y se volvieron sedentarios.. -. is a region and cultural area in the Americas, extending . from . central Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and northern Costa Rica, . number of pre-Columbian societies flourished before the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 15th and 16th centuries.