the mayan empire
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THE MAYAN EMPIRE
MUHAMMED ESAD GUNES
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Most historians thought that The Mayasare descendants of Olmecs.
They built their cities by stone, builtpyramids reaching 70 meters, as wellas roads between their cities.
They were one of the most importantcultures of pre-Hispanic America.
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Mayan society was consisted of classes.Their society was ruled by hereditaryelites.At the top were nobles, knights, clergyand wealthy farmers. The merchantswhere also sometimes identified asnoblemen.
At the middle were commoners.At the bottom were slaves.
S ociety
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I n Mayan society every adults had twonames.
Each Maya city had its own leader andgovernment.
There were also minor rulers.
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N orth Acropolis, Tikal, Guatemala
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They developed number system inorder to build more completedstructures.They used it in astronomy and calendarsystem as well.They used only three symbol foroperations and writing numbers.
The DotThe BarThe Zero
M athematics
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They developedaccurate calendar inorder not to miss theirreligious ceremonies.
T he M ayan C alendar
All these Maya
calendarical counts werewritten using acombination of numbersand glyphs.
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Their art was areflection of theirlifestyle and culture.
They carved stones,painted on paper andwalls.
Their king used theseartifacts to occupy aplace in the history.
T he M ayan A rt
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It was actually found a few years ago,but it was recently dated at around the
year 150!!
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A painted stucco relief
in the museum atPalenque, a Maya ruinin Chiapas, Mexico,from one of the
recently excavatedbuildings. I t shows UPakal Kinich, whoascended to thethrone of Palenquebetween 736 and 742A.C.
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The walls weremade of mud orstone and werecovered withwooden poles.
T he M ayan A rchitectureThe basic Mayastructure was hayhuts.
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The Mayan script islogosyllabiccombining about550 logograms and150 syllabograms.
There were alsoabout 100 glyphsrepresenting placenames and thenames of gods.
T he M ayan W ritings
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Q UIZ FOR THE MAYAS
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1.Mayans were descendants of ________.
A)AztecsB)OlmecsC) I ndiansD)Americans
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2.One of their most important pyramid was ______.
A)SphinxB)The Great PyramidC)Chichen I tzaD)The Pyramid of Moon
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3. I n which peninsula did The Mayan Empirelocated ?
A)Yucatan PeninsulaB)Balkan PeninsulaC)Arabic PeninsulaD)Mexican Peninsula
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5.Which social class did merchants belongto ?
A)N oblesB)CommonersC) N obles and CommonersD)Slaves and Commoners
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6.What was the three symbol MayanEmpire write the numbers with?
A)The Dot The Bar The ZeroB)The Dot The Comma The ZeroC)The Dot The Bar The Question MarkD)The Dot The Bar The Slash
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7.Their art was a reflection of their ______and ______.
A)Lifestyle and culture.B)Materials and Gods
C)Hunted Animals and SpearsD)Culture and Writings
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8 . The walls in The Mayan Empire weremade of what?
A)Mud and SandB)Stone and SandC)Mud and StoneD)Wood and Mud
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9 . Which letter below stands for Z?
A) C)
B) D)
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10) Why still there is much unknown aboutThe Mayas?
B ecause most of their books and writings where burnedby Fray Diego de Landa during the conquest!!!
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