FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS THE OLMECS TO CORTES
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Maya sporting events.
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the deeds of Maya rulers.
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tribute collected by the Maya.
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daily Maya life.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What did the Maya use to write? The Maya system of writing used hieroglyphs. These symbols were a combination of pictographs directly representing objects and ideograms (glyphs) expressing more abstract concepts such as actions, ideas and syllabic sounds.
Detailed explanation-2: -Maya historians have generally settled on a combination of three main factors which could have caused the Maya collapse: warfare between city-states, overpopulation, and drought.
Detailed explanation-3: -What evidence shows that the Maya were a highly developed civilization? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer. They used raised beds above swamps and on hillside terraces for planting. The successful farming methods led to the accumulation of wealth and the development of social classes.
Detailed explanation-4: -The methods they used to record history were carving inscriptions in stelae (names of rulers, mentions of neighboring city-states, dates, and descriptions of events) and wrote books made of bark paper (astronomy, rituals, and other religious matters).