Ancient Maya Research Paper
The Ancient Maya By Emily Guyer
The Ancient Maya are different from the Maya today. The Mayan culture does not do the same tradition’s that their ancestors did. One of them is the law that they follow. It's very different from the law's that are in the US. The language that they speak is spanish. They are only allowed to speak it. Because the spanish wiped out that language from there colcher.
The Maya lived all over Central America. Each temple or city lived in a city-state. There was one City- State thrived along the Mesoamerican country. Because that was a perfect place for the city state to live near to get all the food and water that they need. They also had a very good source of water they got that by rivers and streams nearby the village. There was a lot of change in the Mayan culture over the years. That happened between 1800 BCE-200 CE period of time. Because there were a lot of wars going on in that time frame. They had a lot of different practice of religion …show more content…
They referred it to corn also. They also used the corn in many ways. They also aght it three times a day in something. They made tortillas. Corn meal and more. In some mayan cultures to day the till use the old method of grinding of the maize. When they married it was chosen by the family. Then when they got married. The groom had to show to the bride's father that he was good anuf or his daughter. They got married at the age of 13-14 That they could get married. But there was a cech they could not be related to the family. They king in that time were very stericked. The kings wanted to have everyone to worship them. In the mayan culture they set worship days so that the people could worship the gods that they have. They also have certain gods, The gods control the things that are in the world. There was one god that they maya fear the most is the underworld god. That was a legion that was told to the people and they feared that very
The Ancient Maya are different from the Maya today. The Mayan culture does not do the same tradition’s that their ancestors did. One of them is the law that they follow. It's very different from the law's that are in the US. The language that they speak is spanish. They are only allowed to speak it. Because the spanish wiped out that language from there colcher.
The Maya lived all over Central America. Each temple or city lived in a city-state. There was one City- State thrived along the Mesoamerican country. Because that was a perfect place for the city state to live near to get all the food and water that they need. They also had a very good source of water they got that by rivers and streams nearby the village. There was a lot of change in the Mayan culture over the years. That happened between 1800 BCE-200 CE period of time. Because there were a lot of wars going on in that time frame. They had a lot of different practice of religion …show more content…
They referred it to corn also. They also used the corn in many ways. They also aght it three times a day in something. They made tortillas. Corn meal and more. In some mayan cultures to day the till use the old method of grinding of the maize. When they married it was chosen by the family. Then when they got married. The groom had to show to the bride's father that he was good anuf or his daughter. They got married at the age of 13-14 That they could get married. But there was a cech they could not be related to the family. They king in that time were very stericked. The kings wanted to have everyone to worship them. In the mayan culture they set worship days so that the people could worship the gods that they have. They also have certain gods, The gods control the things that are in the world. There was one god that they maya fear the most is the underworld god. That was a legion that was told to the people and they feared that very