1. Mesoamerica
Outcome: The Mayas

2. Constructive Response Question
Who were the Maya and what did they do?

4. What Will we learn? Environment Cities Language/Writing Economy
Government
Religion
Achievements

5. Peak of Mayan Civilization
Between AD

6. Mesoamerica

7. The Mayas Environment S. Mexico Yucatan Peninsula Steamy jungles
Cool mountains

8. Yucatan by satellite

9. Maya Cities

10. The Mayas
Cities
Tikal
Palenque
Chichen Itza

11. Tikal

12. Chichen Itza

13. Palenque

14. Water Channels

15. The Mayas Lang/Writing Most advanced writing system in Americas
800 glyphs
Codex- records (only 3 exist today)

16. Mayan Glyphs

17. The Mayas Cities were linked by trade:
Economy
Cities were linked by trade:
Salt, flint, feathers, shells, & honey
Jade ornaments
Cacao beans used as currency

18. The Mayas Gov’t Rule by god-kings (theocracy) Had city-states
Dynasties were important
Noble class near the top

19. The Mayas
Religion
Polytheistic
Blood offerings
Human sacrifice

20. Human Sacrifice

21. Human Sacrifice

22. The Mayas Achievements Calendar System .002% short of our calendar
2012??
Temple IV
212 feet high
No iron tools or wheels

23. The Mayas

24. Decline
Mystery!
Environmental constraint causing political and social unrest?
Invasions?
Malnutrition?

25. Constructive Response Question
Who were the Maya and what did they do?