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2007-02-18 00:51:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities History

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They were a civilization in America.
Go on this site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_civilization

2007-02-18 00:55:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

MAYANS
2000 BC-1524 AD

The Mayans were found to be a very highly developed civilization. They lived in the jungle of Mexico and Central-America. The Mayan culture was the most developed culture in the whole of ancient America. This culture ruled Peten's and Jukatani's peninsula for thousands of years. 40-50 years ago everyone thought Mayans were a peace-loving community who studied the movements of planets and lived their own world. But recent readings of hieroglyphics and fortresses found in excavations show that Mayans were very violent, in fact perhaps one of the most war-prone people in the ancient world. The Mayans were very intelligent as evidenced by their books, calendars, study of astronomy, and number system. It's amazing that Mayans lived in Central-America's tropical rain forest because that was a very difficult place to build mighty cities and at the same time invent some of the best inventions in the world. Many anthropologists have decided that the Mayan-culture developed some place other than the rain forest, as the rain forest was too hostile an environment to build mighty cities.

2007-02-18 00:57:41 · answer #2 · answered by trin-trin 3 · 2 0

The Mayas are one of the indigenous group of Indians who were found in Latin America at the time The Spanish conquistadors' arrival in this area lead by Herman Cortes. There were, the Aztec, the Incas and the Mayas.There is art, culture and way of life-style that can be said to be Mayan.

2007-02-18 17:24:12 · answer #3 · answered by skeetejacquelinelightersnumber7 5 · 0 0

Mayans were a Civilazation who lived in Southern Mexico and Central America, they had a math system better than Europes, they had a Calendar more accurate than ours. They built Pryamid like structures and cities.

2007-02-18 00:58:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

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