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1. By: C.C, S.L, L.E.H

3. Priests played an important role in the
Mayan government. They ruled cities.
Each day they would climb up
hundreds of stairs to reach the top of
the massive temples built by the
Mayans. Only the king and priests
were allowed in the temple. In small
villages priests were called the
godfathers and often helped deliver
babies. Among the many Mayan
rulers, Lord Pacal was one of the most
famous rulers. He became king at 6,
and legally took the thrown at the age
of 12. His rule lasted for 50 years
before he died.
Mayan
Social
Pyramid
c.c

5. A daily routine for the mayans included the women
waking up before 4 am to make fires and breakfast.
By 5 am the men would be finishing breakfast and
leaving to hunt or farm with their sons. At the end
of the day the men would come home to a warm
bath the women prepared for them. The mayans
had community bathing areas. For dinner the
women would make dinner but would not eat with
the men. They would serve the men and eat after
dinner alone.
Farming:
Farmers in the mayan
empire had their own land
plots and sometimes a
garden next the their
houses. Farmers would
drain swamp lands and
plant their crops there. They
created irrigation canals so
bring water from near by
swamps to the crops to help
them grow. They grew
maize, beans, squash,
cotton, and more. They
used the cocoa beans from
the cocoa tree as currency
sometimes.
C.C

6. Clothing & Beauty:
The Mayans had very simple
clothing. Men wore an ex, or
a loincloth, and women
wore bag like dresses. Their
idea of beauty and clothing
is nothing like ours today.
The Mayans practiced skull
deformation on young
children. They did this by
tying a flat board to the
child’s forehead. The
Mayans had tattoos and
body piercings. The Mayans
also filed their teeth to
make them pointy. For
special occasions or
ceremony the Mayans
would paint their faces and
bodies.
Mayan alphabet:
The Mayans created an elaborate alphabet.
They used glyphs and symbols for letters. These
were called glyphs. Some of the symbols include
the ones above. They were depicted as humans,
animals, and supernatural creatures. The
Mayans also created numerals so that they
could do math.
C.C

7. Mayan religion was characterized by the worship of
nature gods, specifically the gods of sun, rain and corn.
Their religion also involved rituals of human sacrifice.
S.L

8.  The Mayans sacrificed animals such as dogs, turkeys, and
jaguars. Jaguars were considered sacred and only
sacrificed on certain occasions.
Kings and their wives offered their own blood to the
gods. They would cut themselves and soak their blood
onto paper and the paper was then burned. The smoke
was believed to go to the heavens and the Mayan gods
would return power to the kings.
By building temples, rulers of the Mayan empire
enhanced their authority to rule and created social
unification.
S.L

9. Building pyramidal structures reinforced and reminded
people of their place in the structure of society.
The Mayans of the Yucatan region of Mexico were
believed to have studied the medicinal properties of
plants of many plants.
During the Mayan ceremony, the Kili’ich Ts’íitsja’il
Neeko’ob, corn, squash, lentils and sesame seeds were
grown and used in the ceremony.
S.L

10. This picture shows a picture of
the Mayan supreme god
Itzamná.
This picture shows the
Mayan god Chac.
S.L

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