The+Maya+And+Inca

=__The Maya__= Hypothosis-The maya and Inca changed many peoples thoughts about the world.

The 2 books that I read for the Maya and Inca was an **A New True Book** about the Maya and a **New True Book** about the Inca. These 2 books had alot of usefull information. These books included thier history and thier people and even thier marriges, so overall I learned a lot os usefull things. And I learned how they recorded thier very accurate calender. They recorded thier calender bye studying the moon cycle.

.Some Mayans still do blood sacrafices today. Back when the Mayans had an empire they were great doctors. Some doctors invented painkillers for thier patients.
 * The earliest Mayans were probably nomadic hunters and gatherers. ||
 * [[image:http://www.brightkidsathome.com/travel/mayaweb/images/Bullet.gif width="23" height="23"]] || By 250 A.D. they had settled into communities. ||
 * [[image:http://www.brightkidsathome.com/travel/mayaweb/images/Bullet.gif width="23" height="23"]] || The people traded food, pottery and jewelry. ||
 * [[image:http://www.brightkidsathome.com/travel/mayaweb/images/Bullet.gif width="23" height="23"]] || The Mayan people were small. The men were about five feet tall and the women were around four feet tall. ||
 * [[image:http://www.brightkidsathome.com/travel/mayaweb/images/Bullet.gif width="23" height="23"]] || The Mayans used things from the forest to make rope and baskets. ||
 * [[image:http://www.brightkidsathome.com/travel/mayaweb/images/Bullet.gif width="23" height="23"]] || Every day living for most Mayas was difficult and filled with work. ||
 * [[image:http://www.brightkidsathome.com/travel/mayaweb/images/Bullet.gif width="23" height="23"]] || Men and boys planted crops and harvested them while the women and the girls made food for the family. ||
 * [[image:http://www.brightkidsathome.com/travel/mayaweb/images/Bullet.gif width="23" height="23"]] || The main foods were beans, corn and squash. ||
 * [[image:http://www.brightkidsathome.com/travel/mayaweb/images/Bullet.gif width="23" height="23"]] || Mayan huts were made out of logs, mud and palm leaves. ||
 * [[image:http://www.brightkidsathome.com/travel/mayaweb/images/Bullet.gif width="23" height="23"]] || The Maya kept dogs as pets and raised turkeys for food. ||
 * [[image:http://www.brightkidsathome.com/travel/mayaweb/images/Bullet.gif width="23" height="23"]] || The Maya used a number system based on 20 and they were the first to use zero. ||
 * [[image:http://www.brightkidsathome.com/travel/mayaweb/images/Bullet.gif width="23" height="23"]] || The Maya were at peace with the world around them. ||
 * [[image:http://www.brightkidsathome.com/travel/mayaweb/images/Bullet.gif width="23" height="23"]] || The Maya believed in human sacrifice. ||
 * [[image:http://www.brightkidsathome.com/travel/mayaweb/images/Bullet.gif width="23" height="23"]] || The Maya tried to be kind to every one. ||
 * [[image:http://www.brightkidsathome.com/travel/mayaweb/images/Bullet.gif width="23" height="23"]] || The Maya played a religious ball game. ||
 * [[image:http://www.brightkidsathome.com/travel/mayaweb/images/Bullet.gif width="23" height="23"]] || They panted themselves all different colors. ||
 * [[image:http://www.brightkidsathome.com/travel/mayaweb/images/Bullet.gif width="23" height="23"]] || Around 800 A.D. the Maya abandoned there cities and no one knows why this happened. ||
 * [[image:http://www.brightkidsathome.com/travel/mayaweb/images/Bullet.gif width="23" height="23"]] || The surviving Maya moved in to the rain forest. ||
 * [[image:http://www.brightkidsathome.com/travel/mayaweb/images/Bullet.gif width="23" height="23"]] || Today many Mayans live in villages in central America. ||
 * [[image:http://www.brightkidsathome.com/travel/mayaweb/images/Bullet.gif width="23" height="23"]] || In 1992 Rigoberto Menchu Tum received the noble peace prize for bringing the Mayan people and the Guatemala government together. ||

=﻿The Mayan empire had a lot of people. When the Spanish came they estimated the population was in the millions, just in the yucatan punninsula. They estimated 100,000 people in major cities. Still that didn't count rural area's.=

Mayan Timeline
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The Mayan's rule came to an end when Cortez came with the Spanish and destroyed thier empire.
For more info about the historic Mayan civilization go to these resources.

Mayan civilavation

The Mayan trade

=The Mayan's main source for food was maze also known as corn. And they used squash in alot of foods.=

= = **FUN ** = = **FACTS! ** = = **• ** = = **Numbers were the first part of the Mayan writing ** = = **system to be deciphered. ** = = **• ** = = **Of all the world's ancient calendar systems, the ** = = **Maya and other Mesoamerican systems are the ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">most complex, intricate and accurate. Calculations ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">of the congruence of the 260-day and the ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">365-day Maya cycles are almost exactly equal ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">to the actual solar year in the tropics, with only ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">a 19-minute margin of error. ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE1FFF6D0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">• ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">That the Maya understood the value of zero is ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">remarkable - most of the world's civilizations ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">had no concept of zero at that time. ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE1FFF6D0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">• ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The Maya set of mathematical symbols allowed ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">even uneducated people to add and subtract for ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">the purposes of trade and commerce. ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE1FFF6D0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">• ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The Maya considered some numbers more sacred ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">than others. One of these special numbers ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">was 20, as it represented the number of fingers ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">and toes a human being could count on. Another ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">special number was five, as this represented ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">the number of digits on a hand or foot. ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Thirteen was sacred as the number of original ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Maya gods. Another sacred number was 52, ** = = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">representing the number of years in a "bundle", **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">a unit similar in concept to our century. Another **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">number, 400, had sacred meaning as the **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #9a0000; font-family: 'TTE49B2AF0t00','serif'; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">number of Maya gods of the night. **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">http://www.civilization.ca/civil/maya/mmc05eng.html** "Fun Facts." //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">System and symbols //. math furum, 2008. Web. 4 Jun 2011. [].

The Mayan Number System (up to 20) The Mayans number system is really easy to learn. It only consists of 3 objects. First there are the dots 1 dot = 1, 2 dots = 2. Next there are the lines one line equals five dots. So if I did the problem 2 dot times 1 line it would equal 2 lines or 10 dots. And last but not least we have the shell; the shell equals 0 in our language. And that is the Mayan number system up to twenty.