1. Jenna, Derek, Willie, Slade
“The Maya glory and ruin: Saga of a civilization in three parts: The rise, the monumental splendor, and the collapse.”
Jenna, Derek, Willie, Slade

2. Mayan Culture

3. Everyday Life Duties of
Women
Men
Children

4. Farmers Plots of Land Gardens Communal Land Irrigation Canals
Important Trees

5. Time Priests Solar System Calendar Religious Calendar

6. Mayan gods Mayan Beliefs Mayan Priests

7. Clothing Men Women Ceremonies

8. Beauty Skull Deformation Tattooing Body Piercing Body Paint
Filed Teeth
Crossed eyes

9. Extra Facts Chocolate Corn and the Human Race Marigolds
Royalty and sacrifice
Milky Way
“Cigar” or sicar

10. The rise of the Mayan empire

11. Tikal (city similar to Waka)
Fire is Born
Tikal (city similar to Waka)

12. Waka’ (aka El Peru)

13. Fire is Born had many monuments built in his honor all across the Mayan empire such as this one

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16. Waka Huge city with many monuments Waka’s market
Exotic goods passed through
Waka
Pottery from Waka tombs

17. Waka as a Military City
Fire Is Born needed Waka for troops and as a military base
Get Tikal – get many surrounding cities
Waka’s ruler accepted Fire Is Born
The City of Tikal

18. Military Uniforms Teotihuacan soldiers Peten (Tikal) soldiers
Weapons
Armor
Peten (Tikal) soldiers

19. Conquering of Tikal Traveled in canoes Arrived in Tikal
Power over Tikal

20. Post Fire Is Born Maya No record of death – Fire Is Born
Waka recording of FIB arrival
Eventual cold war in the 16th century
Etching from stone in Tikal

21. The Mayan Collapse How did this great civilization end? Overpopulation
Environmental damage and natural disasters
Earthquake or Hurricane

22. Other possiblities Famine Drought
Resources running out or growing scarce
Deforestation and overuse of land

23. Disease
Many Destructive wars
Tension and competitiveness between city states

24. Mayan ruins

25. References
"Archaeology of the Ancient Maya." Home of the Waka Research Foundation. Aug Web. 25 Apr < Gugliotta, Guy. "Maya Rise and Fall." National Geographic Magazine. Aug Web. 25 Apr < The William Penn Charter School, Sixth Grade. "Maya - Daily Life." Kidsnewsroom.org: Providing Children with a Safe, Kid-friendly Internet Site. Web. 25 Apr <