PPT-The Maya

Food and Crops Sweet Treats One of the most famous sweets that the Mayas created was the sweet onion This is when the Mayas lightly fried strips of onion Then they poured thick yogurt in a bowl along with the onions They covered the onions in rich honey Your sweet treat is served Finally the most delicious treat of all isCHOCOLATE The Mayas are the founders of the most popular treat in the world Though the Mayas made it less sugary This sweet was so expensive . CHW-3M1. Take general notes. on the subject . matter. . Don’t copy . everything.. Mesoamerican Ballgame. Exhibit in the New Orleans Museum of Art in 2002. “The Sport of Life and Death”. Ballgame: sport, politics, and ritual. SWBAT discover and analyze the greatest mysteries of the Mayan civilization. Maya Civilization. The Mayan were located in the “hook” of . Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras,. El Salvador, Belize, and parts of Nicaragua. . Who were the Mayans?. Who were the Mysterious Mayans?. A long time ago, around 2500 BCE, an ancient tribe of Central American Indians called the . Olmecs. settled in the rainforests of the Yucatan Peninsula of Central America. . By . Aingaran,Sam,Joesph,Luke,George. ,. Mason and Arian. Maya Gods!. The ancient Maya had over 150 gods. They have 5 extremely important gods. Here are the top 5 gods:. Itzamn. because he is the lord of heaven.. ‘The ongoing struggles for indigenous land rights are strongly rooted in colonial political economy. These struggles largely concern lands that were claimed by the colonial state and institutions that were established to ‘settle’ the Maya and win hegemony over them: in particular the . “If . you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude”. . Maya . A. ngelou. Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and she was also a civil rights activist. She published many autobiographies, three books of essays, several different books of poetry, and she played in many movies and television shows for 50 years. She was born on April 4, 1928 and died . 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-. Carica. Papaya. www.Maya-ethnobotany.org. www.. Maya Ethnobotany. .org. www.Maya-ethnobotany.org. Maya . Ethnobotany. www.Maya-ethnobotany.org. Maya . Ethnobotany. www.Maya-ethnobotany.org. Maya . Ethnobotany. Mesoamerica. Mesoamerica. refers to a geographical and cultural area which extends from central Mexico down through Central America. . The term “. Meso. ” means middle. (Middle America). Many important Ancient Civilizations developed in this area.. THEY THOUGHT CROSSED EYES WERE ATTRACTIVE. THEY ALSO WORKED HARD TO GET A SLOPED FOREHEAD.. THEY ADMIRED NOSES THAT WERE HIGH-BRIDGED AND HOOKED!. THE MAYA WERE NOT BORN WITH THESE TRAITS AND WORKED HARD TO . 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. . Mesoamerica. Mesoamerica. refers to a geographical and cultural area which extends from central Mexico down through Central America. . The term “. Meso. ” means middle. (Middle America). Many important Ancient Civilizations developed in this area.. Maya BloodlettingThe nature and iconography of bloodletting among the Lowland Classic Maya have been elucidated in a series of studies Joralemon 1974 Schele 1984a Stuart 1984e Maya autosacrifice image Numbers and Calendars. October 2012. Graham Atkinson. Overview. Numbers. Calendars. Tzolk’in. Haab. Long Count. Distance numbers. Lords of the night. Lunar series. References. Michael D. Coe and Mark Van Stone, Reading the Maya Glyphs, 2.