FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
PRE COLUMBIAN AMERICA
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Question
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This is a ball game played by two teams of nobles.
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Players tried to hit a rubber ball through a stone hoop.
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Members of the losing team may have been sacrificed.
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Players would hit the rubber ball with a bat like in baseball.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The ancient Maya ballgame called pitz was part of Maya political, religious, and social life. Played with a rubber ball ranging in size from that of a softball to a soccer ball, players would attempt to bounce the ball without using their hands through stone hoops attached to the sides of the ball court.
Detailed explanation-2: -Players would play on teams of two to four. Each team passed the ball back and forth between themselves and members of the opposing team. They were only allowed to hit the ball with their legs, arms and hips. Hitting with the hands was not permitted.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: No, the Mayans did not have the wheel. Historians and archeologists today predict that they did not have the wheel because they had no use for it. The wheel was first invented in Mesopotamia around 3500 BCE.
Detailed explanation-4: -Pok-A-Tok is like a cross between soccer and basketball-except much, much more difficult to play. The object of the game was for the two opposing side to try and hit the hard rubber ball into a stone hoop placed at both ends of the playing field.