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The Mayan civilization resided in parts of southern Mexico (Yucatan peninsula) and Central America (ex. Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and Honduras). The geographic features were unlimited including mountains, volcanoes, jungles, coastal plains, and swampy lands. Some of the typical physical characteristics of the Mayan were short in height from 4 ft. 8 in. To 5 ft. 2 in., straight black hair, painted bodies, tattoos, and flat foreheads. The time periods that they existed are pre-classic b.c.2500 to a.d.250 classic, a.d.250 to a.d.900, and post-classic a.d.900 to a.d.1500 They worshipped many different gods representing nature and daily life. There was a variety of religious festival and celebrations including humans and animals. The ruler was the high priest or the living god. The priests had knowledge of mathematics, astronomy, and medicine. They believed the gods created humans from corn. Once a ruler died, they believed that the ruler would become a god. That's why the pyramids were built over sacred remains of rulers. The Mayan writing, mathematics, and astrology were very advanced. They used pictures to represent ideas; their alphabet was made of pictures not letters. Their mathematics was more advanced than the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. Mayan civilization loved to study the movement of the sun, moon, stars, and planets. There were many observatories built. The Mayan had two calendars one was the sacred calendar which consisted of 260 days and the earthly calendar which consisted of 365 days. The early Maya were hunters and gatherers. They also used the slash and burn method which means they cut down trees, dried, and then burned them which made ashes which will fertilize the soil. The major food sources were maize, beans, chili, squash, tomatoes, avocado, pumpkin, and cacao. They also had fruit orchards and vegetable gardens. The Mayan agriculture could be considered the demise of the Mayan culture. The most famous ruins of the Mayan cities are Tikal, the largest city, over 100,000 people with eight pyramids, Copán, the second largest city which still has a ball court, kitchen itza, which has an observatory tower and the "well of human sacrifice". The cities included a ceremonial center; tall pyramids, large open plazas, and don't forget the palaces. The ruler and priests lived in the center, upper and middle class el listado debe contener minimo 15 oraciones en tiempo pasado de la lectura

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1The Mayan civilization resided in parts of southern Mexico 
2The geographic features were unlimited including mountains
3Some of the typical physical characteristics of the Mayan were short in height from 4 ft
4The time periods that they existed are pre-classic b.c.2500 to a.d.250 classic, a.d.250 to a.d.900
5hey worshipped many different gods representing nature and daily life.
6There was a variety of religious festival and celebrations including humans and animals.
7The ruler was the high priest or the living god. 
8The priests had knowledge of mathematics, astronomy, and medicine.
9They believed the gods created humans from corn.
10They believed that the ruler would become a god.
11That's why the pyramids were built over sacred remains of rulers.
12They used pictures to represent ideas;
13their alphabet was made of pictures not letters.
14Their mathematics was more advanced than the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. 
15The cities included a ceremonial center